Tell Time the New-Fashioned Way
Now here is a usability wonder. A candidate for the usability hall of shame? ...
"Ever wonder why you never see a grandfather clock on Star Trek? The reason is the TIX LED clock. Sporting the oblongular dimensions of 10-inches x 3-inches, even your Klingon friends will feel at home reading the time as if they were prisoners on the Starship Enterprise. Split into three panels, time is read depending on how many LED units are illuminated. So the clocks above, for instance, read 12:34. Looks simple enough, but we’re not sure how AM and PM factor into this baby." continued ... (Via Gizmodo)
"Ever wonder why you never see a grandfather clock on Star Trek? The reason is the TIX LED clock. Sporting the oblongular dimensions of 10-inches x 3-inches, even your Klingon friends will feel at home reading the time as if they were prisoners on the Starship Enterprise. Split into three panels, time is read depending on how many LED units are illuminated. So the clocks above, for instance, read 12:34. Looks simple enough, but we’re not sure how AM and PM factor into this baby." continued ... (Via Gizmodo)
A test for users everywhere.
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