Exploit Natural Mappings in Interface Design
Poor mapping of controls and displays reduces usability ...
"The on-screen guide for my Direct TV box looks roughly like this:
The control on my remote that causes the current channel to move up and down looks like this:
If the problem here is obvious to you, you too may have a future in user interface design. If you thought to yourself, "hey, they screwed up an obvious natural mapping," then you are probably already involved on some level.
Just to make it perfectly clear what I am talking about, the orientation of the controls are out of whack. From my perspective, the channels increase going down on the screen but going up on the remote. The fact that the two don't match causes me to change the channel up when I meant to change it down, and vice versa, pretty much constantly." (Via Dan McKinley)
"The on-screen guide for my Direct TV box looks roughly like this:
Direct TV Display.
The control on my remote that causes the current channel to move up and down looks like this:
Direct TV Control.
If the problem here is obvious to you, you too may have a future in user interface design. If you thought to yourself, "hey, they screwed up an obvious natural mapping," then you are probably already involved on some level.
Just to make it perfectly clear what I am talking about, the orientation of the controls are out of whack. From my perspective, the channels increase going down on the screen but going up on the remote. The fact that the two don't match causes me to change the channel up when I meant to change it down, and vice versa, pretty much constantly." (Via Dan McKinley)
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