Industrial Designer: But if we're having a simplified display anyway , w that , we probably won't have to focus so much on that .
Project Manager: Yeah , we'll be doing Industrial Designer: It'll be more the on the numbers and the volume .
User Interface: Yeah .
Project Manager: Yeah . It'd be more a command interface , and then Industrial Designer: I suppose we need to think of symbols for like the volume , display , and stuff like that .
User Interface: Yeah .
Project Manager: Yeah .
Marketing: So it's just draf graphical for the pointing aspect ?
Industrial Designer: I Marketing: The infrared is like , that's considered a Project Manager: Hmm ?
User Interface: No I think it's to do with the actual symbols that are on the , that's on the buttons of the remote control , and per
Marketing: Okay . So when it says pointing device that doesn't include Industrial Designer: For inp
User Interface: Well it could be a wee scroller thing , and something could come up on the screen .
Project Manager: Yeah . I think they're talking about L_C_D_ type things .
Industrial Designer: Mm .
Marketing: Okay .
User Interface: Yeah .
Marketing: Okay .
Project Manager: Yeah .
User Interface: But um I think we're gonna go with the command interface anyway ,
Project Manager: Yeah .
User Interface: to make it more simplistic . But the , we could incorporate some of the graphical user um points ,
Marketing: Mm-hmm .
User Interface: as in just to make it m um nicer to look at maybe . Project Manager: What do you mean ?
User Interface: Like I can't think of an example , but Sort of like little pictures rather than Project Manager: Oh yeah , like how the buttons User Interface: Like a little sound . Instead of saying volume , like a little speaker or something .
Project Manager: Yeah , as a button though .
User Interface: Yeah , something y
Marketing: Mm .
Project Manager: So , it's a keyboard in the shape of it , right ?
User Interface: Yeah m perha yeah . Yeah . Maybe .
Project Manager: Okay . Yeah . I like that idea .
User Interface: Um , the co uh we've decided that the command interface would be the most useful for a remote control . As it would be less complicated , and the controls would be more user-friendly . Um , the remote control would be cheaper to design , so that we'd have more money in the budget to , um , target the design area of the interface . You know , make it more trendy and original . We'll have more money if we keep it simple .
Project Manager: Yeah . I'm sure i like kinetic energy would probably dip into the budget . A bit more too , yeah .
Industrial Designer: Yeah . User Interface: Yeah . Seeing as it's quite a new technology . Um  We , we also have to keep in mind when we're designing our , um , more user-friendly remote control , that a lot of interfaces consist of a clutter of buttons , that , um , that their functions , colours and forms aren't always helpful .
Industrial Designer: Yeah . That's true . That's in like the buttons with all the different like colours for different choices and things .
User Interface: Yeah .
Industrial Designer: It can be a bit , yeah , overwhelming . User Interface: Yeah . And that all interfaces are different . So , um , that doesn't improve the use of the produ product , so we need to come up with something that's easy to understand . And maybe learn from the mistakes of other interfaces that can be too complicated for people to use .
Project Manager: Mm-hmm .
Industrial Designer: Yep .
User Interface: Does anyone have any questions ?
Project Manager: Do you think that we should keep all the buttons to one same colour , just to keep it , give it a simplistic look .
User Interface: Mm .
Marketing: I think if we go with the um design plate thing , we'll have to . Just because of colour clashing ,
Project Manager: Yeah .
Marketing: and if we wanted to ,
Project Manager: Yeah .
Marketing: so and , and we might , I mean , depending on what comes out of the design , we might have to stick to just black buttons .
User Interface: But um Project Manager: But what about the lighting up effect ?
Marketing: You mean different colours for the lighting or Project Manager: Um , well , um , I thought we had um decided that we would if you touched one of the buttons they'd all light up . And so if they were black , it wouldn't be possible for them to light up .
Marketing: Mm-hmm . Oh I see what you're saying .
Project Manager: If they were white they would glow , probably .
Marketing: Well y
Project Manager: If they were made out of rubber .
Marketing: Oh so you're picturing the light is coming from the back . I kinda pictured it as kind of coming from the sides and lighting it up frontwards .
Industrial Designer: Oh .
Project Manager: Oh .
Marketing: But , but I guess , you mean from the back .
Project Manager: Where would the light come from ?
Marketing: Okay .
Industrial Designer: I'd assume , like , an internal light , that comes through .
Marketing: Okay .
Project Manager: Yeah .
User Interface: Yeah .
Industrial Designer: So there would have to , have to be some parts maybe transparent around the buttons , or something .
Project Manager: Yeah ,
Marketing: Right .
Project Manager: and well rubber is a more translucent product too ,
Industrial Designer: Yeah , yeah .
Project Manager: so we have that taken care of .
Industrial Designer: It should be able to Marketing: Mm-hmm .
Industrial Designer: mm-hmm .
User Interface: In the phone that I was thinking of as well , when you change the um covers of it , the , the little buttons that actually , you know , that contro control stuff , are behind the rubber .
Industrial Designer: Li yeah .
User Interface: So you can change the buttons when you're changing the faces . Do you know what I mean ?
Marketing: Oh .
Project Manager: Oh .
User Interface: 'Cause it's just the wee control ,
Marketing: Yeah . They , they insert over .
User Interface: yeah , thing that's behind it .
Marketing: Okay .
Project Manager: Mm .
User Interface: So I mean , we don't have to decide on one colour . Each face could have its own colour of buttons maybe ?
Industrial Designer: Mm-hmm .
Project Manager: Well , if they're raised up buttons . So that you can feel them .
User Interface: Yeah .
Project Manager: We were talking about it being more um , a lot more tangible .
Marketing: T
Project Manager: Um , it might be more difficult to do . If they're , if they're sticking up .
User Interface: Yeah .
Project Manager: If it's flat then , like o like on a cellphone or a mobile phone , it's like all very flat , and you just have to sort of press down on these tiny little buttons , but User Interface: Yeah .
Project Manager: Yeah .
Industrial Designer: I think it would be possible . I don't think it would make that much difference . I mean , the uh the dimensions of it . 'Cause if it's just like constructed in the same way as like the front cover of a mobile phone . You can like take off the hard cover and then there's the like say the buttons . And then you get to the circuit . I don't think it would matter that the buttons were bigger through the , the top casing . I'm sure you could f work it out to fit in the casing , without causing too much difficulty .
Project Manager: Yeah . Okay .
Industrial Designer: I'm sure that'd be fine . User Interface: Yeah .
Project Manager: Alright . If it's do-able we can do .
User Interface: Project Manager: Yeah , sounds good to me .
Industrial Designer: User Interface: So that's everything , then ?
Industrial Designer: Okay .
Project Manager: Alright , thank you .
Marketing: Okay is that my turn then ?
Project Manager: That means you're up . Yeah .
User Interface: Yeah .