The prior solutions to a graphical user interface were based on features, flexibility, hardware integration, automation, colors, consistency, and prevention. We based the interface on these principles because the interface that Nanolab GUI project needs to be appealing and simple to the researchers. The interface needs to be able to understand what the researchers want to get out of the Nanolabs and provide the user with an efficient way to provide the final product (data, pictures, measurements). The prior interface attempts analyzed were all popular interfaces that most people are familiar with.
Windows 10: A major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It is the successor to Windows 8.1, which was released nearly two years earlier, and was released to manufacturing on July 15, 2015.
Mac OS: A proprietary graphical operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac computers.
Android R: The eleventh major release and 18th version of Android, the mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google
Linux: A Unix-like, open-source, and community-developed operating system (OS) for computers, servers, mainframes, mobile devices, and embedded devices
Unbuntu Unity: Ubuntu Unity is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, using the Unity interface in place of Ubuntu's GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell: GNOME Shell is the graphical shell of the GNOME desktop environment which was released on April 6, 2011. It provides basic functions like launching applications, switching between windows and is also a widget engine.
Firefox OS: Firefox OS is a discontinued open-source operating system – made for smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs and dongles designed by Mozilla and external contributors. It is based on the rendering engine of the Firefox web browser, Gecko, and on the Linux kernel. It was first commercially released in 2013.
Google OS: Chrome OS is a Gentoo Linux-based operating system designed by Google. It is derived from the free software Chromium OS and uses the Google Chrome web browser as its principal user interface.
Thomas Bouchard: Director of Design - Google
Tom Manshreck: Staff Technical Writer within Software Engineering at Google - responsible for developing and maintaining many of Google's core programming guides in infrastructure and language
Nick Speal: Software Engineer - Zipline International Inc - Industry based on logistics that performs autonomous delivery service that transports critical healthcare shipments
Linus Torvalds: Founder of Linux, runs vast swathes of the internet
Albert Shum: Head design for Windows
The android graphical user interface (specifically android 11) is best suited for NASA's desired interface. Windows 10 comes at a close second. Android 10 provided a solution for the best