Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Don Norman Interview (12 Feb 2006) Although I had a debate with my wife today how to turn the iPod on or off. My explanation for this difficulty was "bad design." And then my iPod shuffle, which has a really bad design of the on-off/mode switch: not only can I not tell which position the mode switch is in, but it is physically difficult to move the switch. I know it's appropriate to praise Apple and damn Microsoft, but if you actually look at how both work, you'll find that Microsoft spends a lot more effort and time to try and make their systems better and I think they're actually doing quite well given the horrible constraints they face. Add this article to Del.icio.us Article URL: http://ambidextrousmag.org/preview/issue2/norman.html Read 9 more articles from Ambidextrous Magazine sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Eureka          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy

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