"People are used to it" is a horrible excuse for just about anything. And I doubt many people would argue that point.
That aside, when examining the usability of anything, it is important to understand people's goals. Are people interested in quickly scrolling through channels? Are people interested in browsing through the channels one at a time to see what the options are? Or are people frequently bypassing the TV's channel changing system because of cable boxes, satellites, TiVo, and whatever other systems are out there? I'll admit that I haven't owned a TV in several years, but I liked clicking through the channels to see what was on and it sounds as though the click wheel would complicate the way in which I did that. How well can people with limited dexterity interact with mouse-wheel-like-dials? Television remotes are used by a huge range of people, with differing physical capabilities. Would wheels exclude part of the target population? I really don't know the answer to that question, I'd be curious if someone could shed light on that topic. There probably are better options than the current one. I don't particularly have any suggestions though, but the problem is not quite as simple as it may initially seem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36646 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
