Comments on: Photo of the day: Elevator button or fire alert? http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/04/01/photo-of-the-day-elevator-button-or-fire-alert/ Improving the human experience one day at a time Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:53:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ben Brophy http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/04/01/photo-of-the-day-elevator-button-or-fire-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-3373 Ben Brophy Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:24:17 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1272#comment-3373 I saw this the other day at the registry of motor vehicles. It's the machine that distributes numbers for people waiting inline. Whatever the UI was must have been pretty bad, because the workers there created one of their own. Observing people using it, it seems the new one works quite well. Reminds me of a paper prototype...<br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lfb/3401150323/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/lfb/3401150323/</a> I saw this the other day at the registry of motor vehicles. It's the machine that distributes numbers for people waiting inline. Whatever the UI was must have been pretty bad, because the workers there created one of their own. Observing people using it, it seems the new one works quite well. Reminds me of a paper prototype…

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]]> By: haveboard http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/04/01/photo-of-the-day-elevator-button-or-fire-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-3371 haveboard Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:18:42 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1272#comment-3371 When I was young, I was on an elevator with my grandmother at here work and ran into one of these type of elevator buttons. I was very young and excited for an elevator ride, but the button was above my reach. I got over excited to push the button that I jumped up and hit my hand on the panel. Guess which button I pushed? Yup, the fire button. My grandmother had me so scared that the fire department would be waiting at the bottom of the elevator to reprimand me. I was so scared and never misbehaved on an elevator again. When I was young, I was on an elevator with my grandmother at here work and ran into one of these type of elevator buttons. I was very young and excited for an elevator ride, but the button was above my reach. I got over excited to push the button that I jumped up and hit my hand on the panel. Guess which button I pushed? Yup, the fire button. My grandmother had me so scared that the fire department would be waiting at the bottom of the elevator to reprimand me. I was so scared and never misbehaved on an elevator again.

]]> By: Brian http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/04/01/photo-of-the-day-elevator-button-or-fire-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-3372 Brian Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:57:04 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1272#comment-3372 Haha Thanks for posting it, Whitney! I was actually wondering a day or two ago if you'd gotten it this time. Second time's a charm! :-) Haha Thanks for posting it, Whitney! I was actually wondering a day or two ago if you'd gotten it this time. Second time's a charm! :-)

]]> By: Matt Daniels http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/04/01/photo-of-the-day-elevator-button-or-fire-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-3370 Matt Daniels Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:35:26 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1272#comment-3370 How does this even pass fire-code/inspection?! How does this even pass fire-code/inspection?!

]]> By: WayneMulligan http://whitneyhess.com/blog/2009/04/01/photo-of-the-day-elevator-button-or-fire-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-3369 WayneMulligan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:30:27 +0000 http://whitneyhess.com/blog/?p=1272#comment-3369 Awesome pic! Awesome pic!

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