Thanks to Todd Chapin for this one. Bass wants you to know they no longer carry kids’ stuff. But only once you get up close.
The big sign:
The little sign:
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A Typewriter Doesn’t Work Well When the Right Hand Doesn’t Know What the Left Hand is Doing
Looking for a ribbon for an “antique” (1970’s) electric typewriter, I was elated to read that “Smith Corona still offers our legacy lines of typewriter ribbons…”. But click on “SHOP NOW“, and you find that they don’t.
Infinite Loop Failure
Soofa Bench
What a great idea!
A park bench that you can use to charge your mobile device.
More info at http://www.soofa.co/.
This is not a Touch Screen
Cambridge Savings Bank recently updated the look of their ATM screens. The labels for the side buttons now look so much like touch-screen buttons, that people keep tapping them and wondering why nothing is happening.
Keep to … Which Way Again?
I’ll start with the sign I’m using as my header image. This was taken at the 51st Street Station of the NYC subway. What they are REALLY trying to say is “when you get over there on the left, keep to the right.” But they sure picked an odd way to say it.
Welcome!
Welcome to GoodUXBadUX.com!
My name is Bill Barnert, and I am a User Experience Designer living in Cambridge, Mass.
I plan to post examples of good & bad user experiences that I have found in the world. Many of these have already been published at BostonCHI.org, but my friends encouraged me to start my own blog as well, so here goes …