Thesis Project, Microsoft Office & Hardware
Master's thesis project at Microsoft in cooperation with the Office and Hardware groups. Design and research of a hardware-software combination mechanism to make the right-click context menu easier to use. Included interaction design, visual design, hardware and software prototyping, and usability research.
The right-click context menu is one of the most fundamental interaction patterns in computing, yet it presents usability challenges—menus can be long, options hard to find, and the interaction itself requires coordination.
This thesis project explored how hardware and software could work together to create a more intuitive context menu experience, combining interaction design innovation with prototype development and user research validation.
Designed and built hardware prototypes that explored new ways to invoke and navigate context menus through physical interaction.
Developed corresponding software interfaces that worked with the hardware to provide a more intuitive context menu experience.
