Yeah, I have to agree with Dave that there is not too much technology. I don't think it's the technology that's poorly designed as much as it is the human interfaces.
There are too many interfaces that control the same functionality on many of today's devices, and the life cycle of these devices is so short that we're constantly learning and relearning. It's stupid, and it's frustrating, and it impedes our acceptance of some things that could be very useful. For reasons of safety alone (since most locales still allow cellphone use while driving), we should have a common interface for all cellphones. The key moment of the whole interview for me was the time taken to find the "volume" controls on the remote control. A universal interface for that would solve the problem easily. Is it patent infringement that's holding us back from developing this? Or is it, as Donald Norman said, the rush to market? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24050 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
