Re: [LAU] Yoshimi, in Carla?

On 09/03/2014 08:54 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-09-03 at 20:41 -1000, david wrote:
>> On 09/03/2014 08:30 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> „Form follows function“
>>
>> Good reading: "The Design of Every Day Things".
>>
>> My Yamaha PSR keyboard has stenciled labels on medium gray metal. They
>> use 2 different colors: black, and a light yellow. The light yellow is
>> almost invisible against the gray. So more than 2-3 hours of learning on
>> the part of Yamaha doesn't always enable them to hit the ball out of the
>> park all the time. Fortunately, software is much more malleable!
>
> :D
>
> I own a relatively aesthetic looking electric water jug, but you will
> burn your fingers, if you touch the handhold. A relatively ugly looking
> electric water jug, with a usable handhold IMO makes more sens.

"It probably won an award." For something unusable that designers love.
Don't remember at the moment if that came from TDoEDT or from Jakob
Nielsen. Sounds more like the book's tone than Jakob's.

-- 
David W. Jones
gnome@hawaii.rr.com
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