The Nightmare Bicycle
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The Nightmare Bicycle
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#2This reminds me of the Japanese principle of "fuben eki". Sometimes it makes sense to make a task more difficult in order to increase mastery or improve a person's understanding of how the process works.
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#3This reminds me of the Japanese principle of "fuben eki". Sometimes it makes sense to make a task more difficult in order to increase mastery or improve a person's understanding of how the process works.
On this note, I used to make android apps on the oldest slowest phone I could find. Was always complimented how snappy my apps felt since most users had a modern phone
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#5Interesting that the tech these days is going in the opposite direction. These trends to hide technical details (e.g. files on iPhone) can get really frustrating when it doesn't work. Almost a mockery.
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#6Tried to figure out what temperature my Ninja slow cooker cooks at. Not possible, only Hi and Lo. Internets say different models use different temperature.
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#7> Along the same lines: one of the worst misconceptions in product design is that a microwave needs to have a button for every thing you could possibly cook: “popcorn”...
On a tangent, the popcorn button actually has a purpose on well-designed microwaves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Limpr1L8Pss
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#8I like to consult the table that explains what every program really does for any washing machines that I use :)
I want relatively short, more water than minimum, medium-gentle agitation, medium RPM spin dry. It has many names.
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#9The popcorn button on a microwave actually does something unique, or at least it does on microwaves with a real popcorn button. I think microwave designs are only bad insofar as they have been made so cheap that the special functions have been made vastly less useful.
Obligatory Technology Connections. https://youtube.com/watch?v=UiS27feX8o0
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#10I couldn't agree more. However the reason we have a Popcorn option on the microwave is because it makes the difference at the point of sale, not at the point of use. Most people when presented with two devices that essentially do the same thing, but one has more options will chose the one with more options because they have been lead to believe it's better.
Design is so often polluted by marketing. The direction of progress from concept to design to marketing to sale should be one way only.