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Article #951Re: consistency
From: Eric Ulevik
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1989 21:01
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1989 21:01
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In article <8799@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> ruffwork@mist.cs.orst.edu (Ritchey Ruff) writes: > Don Norman's book "The Psychology of Everyday Things" goes into many > of these issues, and is very lucid. > [...etc...] > like light switches and doors, every point made is directly > applicable to use interface design too. Should be required reading > for user interface designers!!! To digress a little, I hope this book points out that light switches in the USA operate in the opposite direction to light switches in many other parts of the world. This inconsistency is still annoying me (after two months here) - I keep on trying to turn lights on, and merely making sure that they're off. I hope user interfaces for programs destined for international markets don't assume light switches work a certain way! Eric Ulevik email: SIAC@applelink.apple.com -- The above comments are mine!--
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!vsi1!apple!SIAC From: SIAC@applelink.apple.com (Eric Ulevik) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: consistency Message-ID: <648@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 11 Feb 89 21:01:52 GMT Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 22 References: <714@cogsci.ucsd.EDU> <1465@thumper.bellcore.com> <83@sundown.ACA.MCC.COM> <8799@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>