Bad Visual Controls – Software
Posted on December 18, 2005 Comments (2)
Bad Visual Controls Example: Software via Lean Manufacturing Blog. Funny example. If I had to use it I might use a different adjective.
In the example, the software uses icons that are not obvious. The user has pasted labels on their monitor with text description of each icon. The labels are smaller than the icons.
Some resources for web usability and software usability “A user interface is well-designed when the program behaves exactly how the user thought it would.” (that is pretty hard [impossible actually] to accomplish when the user doesn’t have a clue what will happen).
Posted by John Hunter
Categories: Fun, IT, Lean thinking, Management, Software Development
Tags: Software Development, usability, visual work instructions
Categories: Fun, IT, Lean thinking, Management, Software Development
Tags: Software Development, usability, visual work instructions
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September 2nd, 2006 @ 8:58 am
Their focus is on designing interfaces that allow people to work effectively on computers – similar, I think, to designing factories to let people work effectively…
June 29th, 2007 @ 8:51 am
Complex devices with many points of failure (both technical failure and user inability to figure it out) should not be the only option. Simple, easy to use, reliable devices would have a big market. Creativity is not just about more complex devices…