Usability Quote of the Day

May 23, 2012

There's something very odd going on here. If designers made completely unrealistic assumptions about the physical world when designing technology, then we would blame them (and likely sue them) for technical incompetence. Yet when they make grossly unrealistic assumptions about human nature... we don't blame the designers, we blame the unfortunate people who are just trying to do what the design requires. -- Kim Vicente, The Human Factor, p. 45.    (via interaction-design.org)

Thursday, March 31, 2005

Eight foot NES controller

While Sony’s gaming systems are getting smaller, Nintendo’s are growing to unusual size. Is it the world’s largest Nintendo controller? And why on earth did they make it in the first place? So many questions, so little answers, folks. Just know that if you’ve always found those rectangular units too small for your meaty paws, for $400 and 20 hours worth of construction time, you too could have an NES controller that could easily double as a coffee table. (Via engadget)

Can it get too big for ease of use? ...

Nintendo Controller - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

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