Comments on: The Affordance of Door Handles http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/06/11/the-affordance-of-door-handles.html Usability, design and customer experience Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:34:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: dana http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/06/11/the-affordance-of-door-handles.html#comment-5 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/06/11/the-affordance-of-door-handles.html#comment-5 You know, there is a store in my neighborhood that I go to frequently. The have doors like this... and every single time I pull the handle. Every time... and I go there a LOT. AND I'm an interaction designer who spends a lot of time thinking about how to make things for users... I would have thought this would have made me more aware of the Push sign "workaround". Users really don't read... at least this user doesn't. You know, there is a store in my neighborhood that I go to frequently. The have doors like this… and every single time I pull the handle. Every time… and I go there a LOT. AND I’m an interaction designer who spends a lot of time thinking about how to make things for users… I would have thought this would have made me more aware of the Push sign “workaround”. Users really don’t read… at least this user doesn’t.

]]> by: UIE Brain Sparks http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/06/11/the-affordance-of-door-handles.html#comment-6 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/archives/2004/06/11/the-affordance-of-door-handles.html#comment-6 <trackback /><strong>Avis: Trying Too Hard?</strong> Apparently, not to be outdone by their competition, Hertz, Avis.com has chosen the rebellious route and decided to defy standard convention. They’ve decided that they would demonstrate how hard they try (after all, they do try harder) and change... Avis: Trying Too Hard?
Apparently, not to be outdone by their competition, Hertz, Avis.com has chosen the rebellious route and decided to defy standard convention. They’ve decided that they would demonstrate how hard they try (after all, they do try harder) and change…

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