Sunday, March 26, 2006

push me / pull me

I've read the "The Design of Everyday Things" not a long time ago.

The edition is poor but the contents are still very good.

The coverage of the classic usability problem about push/pull doors made me grin silently.



In Portuguese, my native language, "puxe" (that's read like push) actually means pull.

When I see any door I stand there for 3 seconds thinking before I do anything, and then I'll do exactly the opposite of what I need to :(