Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Good user design is important

My VCR has been replaced.

And the new one has a flaw. The programmers, in their infinite wisdom, were afraid that when choosing the time to record, that I'd put in something like 73:84 AM. Or 36:91 PM. So I can't just press the number buttons: I have to hold down an up or down button, and cycle through the times.

Of course, they trust me to enter the channel with the number buttons.

On the one hand, if Apple computer designed a VCR, it would cost $200. On the other hand, it would make sense. I wouldn't have to solve a Rubik's cube to make it work.

Jerks.

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