Oh, don't getme started! :)
1. The tendency for humans to stand at the very edge of a baggage
carousel so you can't see your bag, you need to excuse yourself into
the circle when you do see it, then run the risk of injuring someone
getting the bag off the conveyor. If they'd stand back 3 feet...
2. Those little metal "skewers" onto which order tickets in a
restaurant are "stabbed" (along with, presumably, a large number of
fingers, hands, the occasional wrist, and who knows what else.)
3. Devices that "beep" for everything. My microwave beeps when I press
the buttons, beeps when it starts cooking, and beeps when it's done.
I've been wanting to "de-beep" it for years.
4. T-shirts with irritating little tags that either a) annoy you by
itching/poking your neck or b) stick up out of the top of the t-shirt
like a tiny little "I'm a dork" flag.
I'm sure I'll think of more...
Daniel Brown
Sr. Evangelist
GridIron Software
On Sep 28, 2009, at 5:15 AM, Catherine Ryan <cather...@barros.com.au>
wrote:
OK - so we work in the world of digital. Here the affordance is a
perceived one. But what about our real lives?
Here's the thing - I want to start a list of unusable real life
things....
1. Elevator buttons: when I press the wrong floor (which is quite the
frequent occasion in my uncaffienated state before 12pm) why can't I
"unpress" my mistake?
2. Toilet doors: why does one open in and the next out. Furthermore -
why wash your hands when you must touch germ-ridden door handles after
the fact? If there is ever a need to have automatic doors - here it
is.
3. Coffee cups without handles: OK - I'm a great lover of style and
aesthetics, however when it burns my hands off...I'd find it more
classy to have a handle and not have tears in my eyes from lifting my
beloved caffeine to my mouth.
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