"Hold the elevator!"
Go to a conference on human factors or human-computer interaction, and I bet you'll find that the most common elevator topic is the design of the button panel in the conference hotel's elevators.
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posted by Elizabeth @ 8:17 PM
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An elegant solution to a timeless problem. You realize if you could somehow get a licence or patent or intellectual property rights to this solution you could end up with squillions? At even one tenth of a cent per enlarged button you'd rake it huge amounts. Yeah, I know, just dreaming.
Mikel Azure.
nice, ever tried pushing the close-button and the number of the wished floor together ? you will go there instantly overriding all other passengers hits :-)
Thanks, Mikel. I thought of that, and what dissuaded me from trying is that I suspect I'd have to build one.
Mikel, I got to thinking... and I realized that I wouldn't have to build one; I'd just have to create detailed drawings (and of course an explanation). Hmmm...
Of course I wonder what you would get if you Googled "Lift buttons".
It is not just the Open / Close buttons but the layout of the floor buttons: Inconsistent Man Machine Interface
and what happens when you press the floor buttons: Life like a Goldfish
Also suprised the PC world of US hasn't picked up on the colour bias (see second link).
Mark, I agree about the inconsistent arrangements of the floor buttons. But they have been written about already.
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