Operating System Design

The following pages are an effort to describe or prescribe the expected core operating system experience.

Core system:

• AppMenu

• Authorization Dialog

• Boot Progress

• Boot Options

• Captive Portals

• Content and device access for sandboxed apps

• Calendar Drop Down

• Dash Drag and Drop

• Getting Started

• Generated avatars

• Initial System Setup

• Keyring Dialog

• Keyboard Shortcuts

• Language Input

• Login, screen lock, unlock

• Migration Assistant

• Notifications

• On Screen Keyboard

• OverviewWindowDND

• Parental Controls

• Problem Reporting

• Removable Devices

• Screen Share and Remote Access

• Search

• Session Logout

• Software Updates

• System Installation

• System Startup

• System Suspend, Stop, and Restart

• Unresponsive Apps

• URI/File Type Permissions

System Status:

• Universal Access Menu

• Input Language Menu

• System Status Area and Menu

Toolkit:

• App Notifications

• Avatar chooser dialog

• Breadcrumbs

• Content Previews

• Content Selection (next generation file chooser)

• Date & Time Selection

• Drop down widgets (combobox replacements)

• File Selection

• Font Chooser

• In-App Notifications

• Modal Dialogs

• Open With Dialog (a portal)

• Printing

• Tabs

• Video

Application design patterns:

• About dialogs

• Add/remove lists

• Archives

• Collections

• Color Selection

• Emoji

• Empty Application States

• Extra Characters

• Help Overlay

• Home Media Sharing

• Initial Application States

• Location

• Online Accounts

• Screen Recording

• Scrolling

• Text Selections and Insertions

• Selection Pattern - content selection pattern that is found in applications

• Sharing

• Spell Checking

• Transfers

• Window States

• Word suggestions & completion

General considerations:

• Client Management

• Form Factors

• Gestures & Multitouch

• Touch

• Visual Style

Guidelines:

• SystemStatusArea

• Typography

Downstream experience:

• Downstream distributions branding

Archive:

• Login Screen

• Screen Lock

• MessageTray