Tag: usability

  • Easability: Easier than Usable

    Easability: Easier than Usable

    Going back to school has put me in contact with like-minded people who throw around design terms as easily as other folks talk about the weather. Tonight, during a conversation amongst such nerds cool people, one such designer mentioned the “easability” of some product or service. “Did you just say ‘easability’,” I, the nascent designer,…

  • Elevators: Not User Friendly

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    I had an eye appointment today, and I couldn’t remember exactly what floor my doctor was on, but I was pretty sure it was the 6th floor. So I got to the building, and got in the elevator and hit 6. Immediately after I did this, I saw information about what you could find on…

  • Silly Developers

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    Today, I discoverd a bit of a usabililty issue with an admin tool that an outside developer built for the University of Pittsburgh. It was a faculty bio screen, with an option photo upload. Once the photo was uploaded, if you went back to edit any of the faculty member’s information, it would display the…