Friday, January 25, 2008

Annoying Interface of the Day: Stairmaster

So I was on a treadmill today. Running along, no problem. Machine gives me constant updates on how far I've gone, how high I've climbed, how many calories, etc. However, as soon as I got to the end of "course", this scrolling summary info was replaced with some inane message like "Have a good day!". The stats disappeared! Typically, most people want to see a summary when they are actually done...don't they? That's user experience in a nutshell, its not about what the information is, it is about when and how you can access it. If you are presented with a receipt on step 2 of 5 but can't get a receipt on step 5 of 5, there's a problem.

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