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The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're on Android, there's an accessibility option in Firefox and Chrome that allows you to always zoom on any page, even if the website normally prevents it. On Firefox it's under Settings -> Accessibility -> Zoom on all websites.

That's better, thanks

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Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

#35
post #25

That's the UI. There's no actual interaction with the screens.

Even if they were talking about interaction design (sometimes called IX) specifically, rather than experience design, the interaction is in handling, moving, and combining them. They don’t need to have a dynamic electronic interaction to be interactive. I’m not sure a toy with absolutely no interaction would still be a toy.

Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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post #31

Wow, that Lincoln MKC was unfortunate. https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/05/recalled-li... Seems like they moved the power button to the top of the column.

Does that button really start and stop the engine? In other cars I've seen, the start/stop button (with similar iconography) toggles the start/stop system, which shuts off the engine when the car is stationary to avoid pollution.

Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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post #25

That's the UI. There's no actual interaction with the screens.

Even if they were talking about interaction design (sometimes called IX) specifically, rather than experience design, the interaction is in handling, moving, and combining them. They don’t need to have a dynamic electronic interaction to be interactive. I’m not sure a toy with absolutely no interaction would still be a toy.

Yes, but in this specific case the focus is on the design elements labeled onto the lego blocks.

Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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post #31

Wow, that Lincoln MKC was unfortunate. https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2015/05/recalled-li... Seems like they moved the power button to the top of the column.

In my car (BMW from 2012), the engine does not shut off when you press the start/stop button when you're driving. It only shuts off the engine when you press it AND you're stationary. This seems like a totally obvious interlock to me, it puzzles me that Ford didn't think of this and as a solution moved the button instead.

Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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post #29

The link to the Audi examples is dead, but you can find an archived version at https://web.archive.org/web/20211126012727/https://deeptread...

This is a lovely example of great design. Beautiful, too. I'm sad to see it didn't catch on.

On a related note, I would like to own an EV -- but a touchscreen operated car is out of the question. Where did all those competent designers go and why didn't they design an electric car?

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