December 2009
2 posts
Low-cost usability - Redesigning a microwave
Who said usability is expensive? Just moving the order of a few buttons can make all the difference.
See my redesign of a microwave control panel. The main scenario is that someone wants to cook something for a certain time. The order the buttons which need to be pushed for this scenario are shown in the picture below:
By just reordering the buttons, this main task is much easier to handle:
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Socialcast - A bad example for a FAQ (but good...
Each of these lines should be a link to the respective App.. A Google Search did also not lead to the Desktop App, so I didn’t bother and continued to use Yammer, which gives you the desktop-app rigtht during the registration-process.
EDIT - Reaction by Socialcast: A few hours after I wrote the blogpost, the founder of Socialcast contacted me that they had fixed it. I guess he found...