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Yet another possible solution!
A few points to my idea:
Make it physically look like an industrial-level coffee maker. Use of high quality materials (instead of plastic), rivets, etc would make the coffee maker look like it doesn't belong in the user's home, therefore they'll approach the use of it differently.
Have an LED water level indicator on the ...
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Via further research, I've discovered that I was acting under a bad assumption. I had assumed that 0 and 1 became standard around the same time, but the very next section in the wikipedia article says:
The 0 key was added and standardized in its modern position early in the history of the typewriter, but the 1 and exclamation point were left off some ...
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It's only really programmers that think of counting starting from 0. The vast majority of the world counts from 1.
And so considering that keyboards were designed from typewriters, which were designed for secretaries mostly in the early days, it makes sense that you show the numbering in an order that they would find normal.
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I too want to add an image:
My thought is (Speculation also) is that it has to do with QWERTY,
Most of the QWERTY layout was to prevent keybinding.
I have to wonder if having it in 0``1``2 cause binding issues and was thus moved to the end where one could not cause a binding issue. 1011 comes to mind as a touchy combo.
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Speculation
It may have something to do with some coding needs on the early years of computing, 0 and 1 could not be very close because of their use in binary language hence the distance to have an ergonomic typing with the use of two hands.
I found that the Hungarian keyboard does have Zero in its natural order.
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Application time: Condoms need to applicated while under high time pressure, since the erection may fall with every second, especially when performing a delicate and unsexy technical task as is applying a condom. As stated in other answers here, a flimsy packaging needs to be opened without damaging the contents, the correct orientation needs to be ...
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How about looking at it from a completely different view? Don't allow the car to start unless it is in neutral/park and the brakes are on. That eliminates the problem altogether: the car won't move when it first starts, and the driver has to put it in the proper gear after starting.
(Isn't that the way it works anyway? Or is that just how I always use ...
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I would argue that when driving a car, which gear you are in other than when you are in a standstill isn't important. What is important is whether you need to change up or down a gear.
Although and extreme example, there were extensive tests on this in auto racing, and it was determined that the only information that a driver needed was whether he needed ...
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A few solutions could be:
Color coding on shifter - Forward moving gears could be colored green while reverse is left white. Red wouldn't be ideal since that's so closely related to 'stop'. There are problems with this approach because does white clearly mean reverse? Would a user be looking at the gear when choosing them? Could the graphic on the gear ...
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This is not an answer. It is a lengthy comment on the phrasing of the question.
How could the mode of the car's transmission be made clearer to prevent this error?
suggests that the driver is unaware of the mode of the car's transmission and that clearer, more persistent, less ambiguous, more salient, etc., communication of the mode of the car's ...
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A common affordance which informs users about cars reversing in india is the use of audio tunes to inform the user that the car is currently in reverse. Though its a very good affordance which immediately informs the user and the people around him that the car is in reverse, it does suffer from the issue of contributing the noise pollution and also the ...
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Simply differentiating between the top and bottom of the rolled-up condom would really improve the UX in my opinion.
It can be difficult, especially in the low light environment these products are commonly used, to see which side is the entrance (see image below). If the condom is the wrong way around it won't roll on. Condoms are often stored for some time ...
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I'll try a slightly different approach to the answer: I'm not sure there are UX problems with condoms. They seem to be a fairly elegant solution to a host of more complex problems. They appear to be fairly self-explanatory once opened. Installation is usually trouble-free.
Now, granted, I've never participated in user testing or focus groups pertaining to ...
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Interesting case. I had never considered condoms from a UX perspective.
I have no firm opinions on the issue, I only wonder what the user research looks like in this case...
That aside, I'd like to point you to the 'condomerie' in Amsterdam. It is a brick and mortar condom shop (with online presence) that has managed to turn the purchase experience of ...
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Think of it in terms of experience design. The use case is evident (for normal intended usage, that is).
Now, think of the user's cognitive faculties during the need of it. The base human needs trump the recently developed reasoning side of the brain. Imagine a frequent scenario, in the heat, due to reduced sound judgment, if the device (condom) does not ...
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I see three areas in which condoms experience can be improved:
Application - for some people it may be difficult to apply a condom, especially if it's a very first time they use it (so that they don't know how to apply it) or she has long nails, which may cause perforation. Improving this part of condom use experience could be quite important.
Sexual ...
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Numpads are very useful when you need to type many numbers. It's much easier to have them all in their own area and it's much faster than using the ones above the letters.
And while numpads are present on most of the casual keyboards, you will definitely be able to find a keyboard to fulfill your needs, whatever those may be.
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