At 9:06 AM -0500 11/13/00, Michael Sylvester wrote:
>On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Esther Yoder Strahan wrote:
>
>> Gary and Tipsters--
>>
>> I have been frustrated in watching the West Palm Beach ballot coverage to
>> note that (at least in all the coverage I've seen) no one consults any
>> human factors people!
>>
>> For some reason CNN and the other news outlets seem to think it appropriate
>> to bring in only journalists and the occasional political scientist to
>> comment on the design of the ballot. I wonder whether they have been
>> approached by any human factors scientists offering to provide an informed
>> opinion on the issues of usability/readibility/error rates, etc...
>>
>> Esther
>>
>
> It should be plain common sense.
Why?
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