metastories flash mx plugin interface design

2002 - design the user interface for this Flash 2004 MX Plugin

human factors

use shape and color to differentiate media types (chapter, image, text, user assistance and links), create three levels of access to the plugin's source (basic, advanced and expert), present the tasks, input and results in an easy to use layout without a lot of graphic fluff

marketing

this powerful, unique Flash plugin allows mid-level action scripters to create "storyplates" that can then be updated by non-technical web producers on a daily basis

technology

Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, C++

aeSthetics

non-microsoft or windows look and feel, soft and curvy without adding too much superfluous graphic fluff, think Kai's power tools get remade by Edward Tufte

about the samples below

screen shots of the user interface, look at each screen shot for three seconds and you will see their respective BASIC, ADVANCED and EXPERT modes