Initial OS Interface Concepts

Here is the initial concepts for the OS interface design.

Below demonstrates the top of each application window, at the very top is the context sensitive menu which acts in much the same way as the Menu Bar in OS X, but is attached to each window instead of always being at the top of the screen. This menu bar also contains a clock in the centre and a log drop-down on the right which gives you the choice of logging-out, switching user or shutting down.

Below the menu bar is where you can find Close, Maximise etc buttons, These are centred instead of being left or right aligned like in some other Operating Systems.

Also to reduce the number of buttons on screen at any one time the Maximise, Minimise and Full-Screen options are combined under one drop-down.

However incase some people find this extra click to pull down the drop-down menu too time consuming, then one short-cut is to double click the area around those buttons to minimise the window.

You could also double click the drop-down menu to maximise the window.

Below shows a concept for a My Computer/Finder window, demonstrating tabs and a drop-down for Cut, Copy and Paste.

Copyright © 2012, William Cody Winter.