Archive for November, 2008
Less is More—Interface Simplification for Vending Machines
Vending machines provide an excellent and disappointingly universal study in overly complex interfaces. This brief post reflects on how the current designs are flawed, speculates on the forces behind the bad designs, and proposes a new design that overcomes current problems though an ultra-minimal interface.
About the New Interface Advocate
Recent Entries
- Revised and Expanded RegEx Reference Chart (v2.0)
- New Blog Design
- Less is More—Interface Simplification for Vending Machines
- Lessons from an Etch-a-Sketch—Implications for HCI
- Improved Error Dialog Box
- Lumiera Timeline First Draft
- C* Music Player Audioscrobbler/Last.fm patch
- Everybody Loves Regular Expressions!
- Search Done Right—A *Progressive* Progressive Find
- Handy scripts!
- The only two interface designs ever conceived:
- The misused mouse, part 2: A proposal for a nearly mouseless interface.
- The misused mouse, part 1: The story of the mouse’s decline
- Throw out that mouse—you upgraded to a keyboard!
- Fitts’ law vs. mice, tablets, & trackballs