Mark Hurst keeps a list under the "this is broken" label...

http://goodexperience.com/broken/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/65611...@n00/


Peter Morville
President, Semantic Studios
http://semanticstudios.com/
http://findability.org/

 


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Laura
Schertler
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:24 AM
To: Catherine Ryan
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Unusable things

I encounter something "unusable" every day! I think there should be a
community list that people can access and add/comment thereto.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Catherine Ryan
<[email protected]>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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