Usability fail
Feb. 7th, 2010 04:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
logicbuttonI have so much homework this weekend that I took Friday off to work on it. Watching the Super Bowl is right out, so I guess it's just as well that the Vikings aren't playing.
For my usability class, I'm writing a paper on the 2000 Florida presidential election ballot. I'd heard about it, of course, but never actually taken a look at it. Until now.
Holy crap, you guys. Look at this mess! What were they thinking? It would almost be a more manageable task to list the things about it that they did right. My "favorite" part is the mysterious admonition on the left side of the page. Note that the electoral college is never actually explained, either on the presidential ballot or anywhere else in the booklet. It reminds me of people who allude to things their audience hasn't heard of, but then refuse to explain those things, because then what will they hold over people's heads?
ETA: Done with the paper! Now I'm down to the usability readings and all my Visual Rhetoric homework.
For my usability class, I'm writing a paper on the 2000 Florida presidential election ballot. I'd heard about it, of course, but never actually taken a look at it. Until now.
Holy crap, you guys. Look at this mess! What were they thinking? It would almost be a more manageable task to list the things about it that they did right. My "favorite" part is the mysterious admonition on the left side of the page. Note that the electoral college is never actually explained, either on the presidential ballot or anywhere else in the booklet. It reminds me of people who allude to things their audience hasn't heard of, but then refuse to explain those things, because then what will they hold over people's heads?
ETA: Done with the paper! Now I'm down to the usability readings and all my Visual Rhetoric homework.
