Comments on: What It’s Like To Be A Usability Geek

By: Christina Wulf

Christina Wulf — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:17:45 +0000

No doubt, It would be very nice to be able to – in the middle of the conversation – realize that the conversation should be saved and just do it. But think about the uprage that would occur if people was told that all calls would be recorded in the future… There’s probably a reason why they don’t do it ;o)

By: Robin Laurén

Robin Laurén — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:57:57 +0000

Since we stumbled onto phones, in my humble (and usability-ist) opinion, the phone should always record the call in a “volatile cache” of sorts, where the old phone calls would be purged from if you don’t explicitly throw them away.

It Should Just Work.

~llaurén

By: Suffian

Suffian — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:58:55 +0000

That story about your Rugby group is funny, man. I can relate to that. I think it’s normal that you start questioning the usability of things more when usability is your day-job. Ironically, I use a Motorola KZR. The user interface is frustrating, but I like the stylish shape of it.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:11:07 +0000

For me, the stress comes from knowing how far a little bit of usability effort would have gone. How much more would my cellphone cost if they had spent a little more time on usability…$5? I’d pay a premium several times that for a phone without such slow, convoluted menus.

The CMS we’re tied to is supposed to be working on usability improvements for a major upgrade next summer. Based on past experience with them, I don’t know whether to be excited or terrified.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:20:02 +0000

It would be nice if phones were able to record all conversations, and then ask if it should be saved when you finish. This would also be nice for retrieving phone numbers or appointment times etc. that might have been mentioned.