Vacation from Usability ? Hardly…
I am sitting on my summer cottage porch, with a fabulous ocean view. a fabulous sea side scenery. The sun is shining and I have now temporarily switched from being a usability professional at TCO Development to a private user of a coffee machine (usable and easy to handle), and user of an ancient rowing boat (very stable and easy to handle).
Though there are things in this environment that are supposed to be easy to use – that not at all!!! As a grandmother of three small children I am expected to easily and quickly switch between one remote control for the TV, a second remote control for the Digital TV box, a third remote control for the not so new VHS-video and again a fourth remote control for the DVD. This means four different sets of control buttons and other kind of complex key buttons. This means also a growing bunch of cables behind the TV ! Navigating all these controls, cables and operating systems just to get Winnie the Pooh to screen is a monumental challenge !
A strong feeling of being not such a smart grandma emerged the grandkids grew increasingly impatient. After having at last succeeded, although with the wrong video, I sought comfort in another cup of coffee, easily, smart end quickly brewed in my good old coffee brewer. Something to contribute to World Usability Day this year? Definitely! Read more about World Usability Day on 12th November,
http://www.worldusabilityday.org/
Cheers!
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