Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  A Car Is for Entertainment (02 Apr 2006) Autos are not just for transportation anymore. They are for living, so it is time they supported the life styles that passengers require. Space, cost, and safety: these will always be severe design constraints. Space is limited: buyers are cost-conscious (except for extra-cost options). Safety is harder. I once heard an automobile ergonomicist call the cellphone holder a disaster waiting to happen: in case of accident, the phone would become an unguided missile, bouncing all around the interior, a menace to the occupants. So too with all those other devices. And then there is the problem of attention: drivers are already distracted enough without adding to the temptations. Add this article to Del.icio.us Article URL: http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/a_car_is_for_enterta.html Read 89 more articles from Don Norman sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: A Time For Standards          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy

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