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From: SIAC@applelink.apple.com (Eric Ulevik)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: consistency
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Date: 11 Feb 89 21:01:52 GMT
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In article <8799@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> ruffwork@mist.cs.orst.edu (Ritchey 
Ruff) writes:
> Don Norman's book "The Psychology of Everyday Things" goes into many
> of these issues, and is very lucid.
> [...etc...]
> like light switches and doors, every point made is directly
> applicable to use interface design too.  Should be required reading
> for user interface designers!!!

To digress a little, I hope this book points out that light switches
in the USA operate in the opposite direction to light switches in many
other parts of the world.

This inconsistency is still annoying me (after two months here) - I keep
on trying to turn lights on, and merely making sure that they're off.

I hope user interfaces for programs destined for international markets
don't assume light switches work a certain way!

Eric Ulevik
email: SIAC@applelink.apple.com
-- The above comments are mine!--