Usability Quote of the Day

January 7, 2009

EASY TO INSTALL = Difficult to install, but instruction manual has pictures. -- Popular computer one-liner   (via interaction-design.org)
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Friday, November 11, 2005

The scariest interface part II

You have to see some of these Web pages ...

"Wow, we got some great entries for this contest. A quick recap is in order. The task was to submit the scariest interface you’ve every used. We saw complicated weather pages including one that threatens to freeze your machine if you right click. We saw a variety of apps that buried us in a landslide of menus toolbars buttons palettes and tabs. We found out what happens when you hire 12 designers and take just one design element from each, as well as what happens when you hire 400 advertisers and take every ad from each.

There were creations of colossal clutter from companies big and small. There were curiosities of unclear utility. There was even a scary site that let you listen to the star-spangled banner whilst shopping for assault weapons.

My personal favorite was band in a box, which offers all the headache and confusion of a sloppy band practice without any of the fun. Its combination of familiar elements with terrible UI gives it a glimmer of understandability right before confusion and panic set in."   continued ...   (Via OK/Cancel)

Band In A Box - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

Band In A Box.

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