Concept · Academic · AI tools

Role
Designer, researcher and prototyper
Team
5
When
Sep to Dec 2025
Status
Planned

Context Switching

A panel that helps people pick up a long AI conversation where they left it, with no setup.

  • 2rounds of user testing
  • 5person team
  • 6features in the panel
P-01ScreensRe-Entry panel: jump to key topics, merge conversations, AI summary

AskedSep 2025

How do you return to a thread?

How do people switch between AI conversations without losing context?

Sketch wall: multitasking

Set asideOct 2025

Sorting chats by task asked too much.

Task Contexts: organizing chats by task asked too much setup.

Round 1: Task Contexts, set aside for too much setup

MadeNov 2025

The Re-Entry Panel.

The Re-Entry Panel: recall search, thread map, welcome back, next steps.

Ideation and low-fidelity wireframes

TestedNov to Dec 2025

Two rounds of testing.

Two rounds of user testing.

Round 2: next steps moved into the chat input

Details

My role
Designer, researcher and prototyper on a team of 5.
Proof
Two rounds of user testing; GEM-NI research basis.
Set aside
Task Contexts (too much setup).
Where it landed
Re-Entry Panel with recall search, thread map, welcome back and next steps.
STARTYR 2YR 3YR 44 months on a shared four-year dialNo counts recorded yetNO COUNTS RECORDEDResearch: practicedRESService design: not part of this workSVCProduct design: practicedPRDStrategy & PM: not part of this workSTRGame design: not part of this workGAMESet aside: Task Contexts (too much setup).The turn: organize chats into tasks to zero-setup re-entryWhere it landed: Re-Entry Panel with recall search, thread map, welcome back and next steps.
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P-06PhotographsConcept sketches

ThreadsTrust in AILegible data

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