Adventures in Usability

posted by  mneon (8)  16 months ago (blogs.msdn.com)

One of the fun things about moving across the world is that you get to play with a lot of new and different pieces of technology. From new notebooks and mobiles, through to cars and washing machines, almost every day there are new buttons to press and lights that blink in new and exciting colours. But after the excitement wears off, it's time to figure out how the hell to use these things.

Let me give you a couple of real life examples from the last few days. On Friday I picked up my new car - a Subaru Impreza (no, not the WRX :-). After handing over the keys, the guy at the de