Comments on: World Usability Day http://www.starchamber.com/2005/11/world-usability-day.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: St. Frank http://www.starchamber.com/2005/11/world-usability-day.html#comment-856 St. Frank Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:09:33 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1165#comment-856 Gaggh! There is a "close door" button there! Gaggh! There is a “close door” button there!

]]> By: St. Frank http://www.starchamber.com/2005/11/world-usability-day.html#comment-855 St. Frank Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:07:48 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=1165#comment-855 Don't get me wrong, but had you been at the minibar in your room? OK, usually, there is another button for "Open Doors" that looks like this: <|>. Now, had that been there, would you have l thought the other was the first floor? And what about the ubiquitous star icon, which means Lobby or first level? I thought that was universal... Now, how about some universal similarity on what is considered the "First" floor?? Erdgeschoß...rez-de-chaussée. That always gets me! Don’t get me wrong, but had you been at the minibar in your room? OK, usually, there is another button for “Open Doors” that looks like this: <|>. Now, had that been there, would you have l thought the other was the first floor? And what about the ubiquitous star icon, which means Lobby or first level? I thought that was universal…

Now, how about some universal similarity on what is considered the “First” floor?? Erdgeschoß…rez-de-chaussée. That always gets me!

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