Usability Quote of the Day

February 9, 2012

Most people who encounter computer-based automation at work do not choose the software with which they work, and have comparatively little control over when and how they do what they do. For them, the use of computers can be an oppressive experience, rather than a liberating one. -- Sarah Kuhn, Bringing Design to Software, edited by Terry Winograd, 1996    (via interaction-design.org)

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Introduction to Great Design (First Draft)

Confession: I'm afraid to turn off my cell phone.

Not because I'm afraid of being out of touch, mind you. Heck, I could care less if people can reach me. If you have something to tell me that's so important it would be worth interrupting Will and Grace, well, I think I'd rather have another 45 minutes of ignorant bliss before I find out about it. That's my motto: Will and Grace First, Earthquakes and Floods Later.

Here's why I'm afraid to turn off my cell phone: because I can't always seem to muster the brain cells necessary to turn it back on.

It has two buttons on it, a happy green button and a scary red button. They have funny icons on them that don't mean very much to me.

You might think that the green button turns it on. Green means go, right?

Wrong."   continued ...   (Via Joel On Software)

Motorola RAZR phone has confusing power on/off buttons- User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

Which button is the power on?

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