Usability Video Contest

Tetrapack

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:18:55 +0000

There used to be a time when we needed a pair of scissors to open baverage cartons. Today there are screwtops that “easily” open the carton. But what use is there if - at the end of the day - I have to use the scissors or a knife anyway?

If the software is on strike

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:05:44 +0000

A film about the user’s powerlessness in the face of deficient software.

Milky milky

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:14:18 +0000

Really hard to get a grip on this screw cap. But even when you are finished with it, the next hurdle is waiting to be cleared: A thin piece of aluminium foil.

paper dispenser

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:08:06 +0000

It is really hard to get some paper out of this paper dispenser.

Again: DB ticket machine

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:03:01 +0000

One of the great new ideas of Deutsche Bahn: They use yellow button-like areas of the screen to display information that has already been chosen. There is just one tiny little problem: These areas LOOK like buttons, but they ARE no buttons at all.

Badly packed

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:25:47 +0000

Nowadays products like Nutella are packed very good - too good to unpack them.

cheese

admin — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:48:25 +0000

It takes quite an effort to get this cheese out of its box.

Trolley 2

admin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:40:28 +0000

It said “50 cent or 1 Euro” on this shopping basket. Nevertheless this user did not manage to get the shopping basket with the 50 cent coin.

unhandy packing

admin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:34:04 +0000

It is more than hard to open this toothbrush. You are really lucky if you are successful without hurting yourself!

Shelf

admin — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:21:22 +0000

Why are shelves in the supermarket still far too high for a big part of the population?