On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Jordan, Courtney <[email protected]>wrote:
> But it still holds true that to the user, Joan, it wasn't "immediately > learnable" given a high-stress, potentially dangerous situation. ----- All this seems so odd to me, maybe cuz I can't relate directly.. If I were safety conscious (and I'm really just not--I guess cuz I'm a big fat hairy optimistic dude), one of the criteria I might have would be a phone that I could dial 911 on ASAP. Any phone I considered, I would look at that. If I bought an iPhone, I would find out how to do that *before* I got into the situation. I mean, I know that I am buying a phone that is not like the other phones I've had, so I can't expect it to be like those phones, especially when the main reason I'm buying it is precisely because it *isn't* like the other phones. I know up front that I have some learnin to do, but I'm making that trade-off for all the other benefits I perceive. Now within the context of the iPhone on its own merits, if you do have it locked and look at the keypad to unlock, you can see the emergency call button as Andrei pointed out. I thought that was pretty clever, even though I don't think about these things myself. If you don't have the lock setup, it's not hard to set up a favorite as 911 and then set your home button double-click to go to phone favorites (the default?), so you're talking about double-clicking a tactile button and then one tap to call. Still pretty easy, IMO. But yeah, you do have to invest in making sure you're safe. Kind of like you might make sure you have your pepper spray on you before you head out. -a P.S. I do think the iPhone has areas for improvement, but it's still the best thing since sliced bread as far as I'm concerned. ________________________________________________________________ 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
