Bad user interface design: Alarm Clocks
I went to get a new alarm clock tonight as we were waiting to get into Houston's for dinner to celebrate my dad's birthday. Some of the alarm clocks had the buttons for setting the time and the alarm inside the battery compartment. The worst offenders actually had the buttons set up on the back of the clock, so it was impossible to see what you were setting the alarm to while you set it, unless you memorized where the buttons were and pressed them from around the front. Who could have possibly thought that was a good idea? Don't they test these things with real people?
Saturday, February 16, 2002
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