Project #8 Consentful Interface - Consentful Camera

Design Process

My flow chart is very simple. It is divided into two steps. The first step is to ask the user if he can get permission to use the camera, and the other is to ask the user if he can use the camera now.

Reflections

Almost every app we use nowadays are not respectful enough to their users for they have the access to users’ private information without permission. Being asked will give users a feeling of being respected, and many designs neglect to respect the privacy of users. I think the product must ask the user whether it has permission to use it before it is used by the user. Only with the inquiry step, the user will have a better user experience. This week I learned FIRES (Freely given, Reversible, Informed, Enthusiastic, Specific), which is very helpful for developers and designers to learn how to show respect to their users and make sure to get permission of users in a legal way. As a future designer, I think obey the FIRES rule is very important.