Bad uses of technology
Apr. 28th, 2006 04:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dianec42I've noticed some amusingly bad UI cases lately, and am bored so I thought I'd share:
* A pop-up list of clothing sizes (small, medium, etc)... in alphabetical order.
* The fax machine that scans your job and then actually attempts calling and transmitting... some unknown amount of time later. Who could have possibly thought this was a good idea?
* Automatically flushing toilets that (a) flush before you even finish standing up, and/or (b) flush at random moments.
You know what I really want? The ability to browse arbitrary dressmaking patterns, and with a few button clicks answer the all-important questions (1) How will this look in purple charmeuse? and (2) How big will my butt look in this?
(And where's my flying car, dammit?)
* A pop-up list of clothing sizes (small, medium, etc)... in alphabetical order.
* The fax machine that scans your job and then actually attempts calling and transmitting... some unknown amount of time later. Who could have possibly thought this was a good idea?
* Automatically flushing toilets that (a) flush before you even finish standing up, and/or (b) flush at random moments.
You know what I really want? The ability to browse arbitrary dressmaking patterns, and with a few button clicks answer the all-important questions (1) How will this look in purple charmeuse? and (2) How big will my butt look in this?
(And where's my flying car, dammit?)
