unpressable buttons

Product design use and usability, designs new and old, inspired and unspired. The little things that matter.

Fake power outlets at airports??

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Encountered recently at an airport: I did the old find-a-power-plug dance, sat down next to this one, and only then noticed that it's ...

Kaiser, you can do better than this!

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I know health care is complicated, but really, "amount you owe or have already paid"?? How about adding "or we owe you, or ...

And the award for Most Unnecessary Signage goes to...

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This . As Rain Noe perfectly explains on Core77 , "the entire point of [the two symbols] is that they don't  require an explanati...

Emergency-alert buttons should be unpressable!

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Recently, poor UI design led to a false incoming-missile alert in Hawaii. This is a terrifying accident - and a failure not of the user, b...

Hey, pressure-washer warning label...

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...if you don't want me to do it, don't make it look so fun!
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Bricking Unsecure Devices: Good, Evil, Both?

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Millions (or tens, hundreds of millions, or billions?) of IoT devices are shipped with default usernames and passwords, which users seldom...
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Theft Deterrence by Disguise, AirPod Edition

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Apple's new AirPods are pricey little things, so theft deterrence isn't a bad idea - especially when it's this clever. A $4.99...
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