As one who is very interested in usability and intuitive interfaces, I had to laugh at this list of top 10 usability bloopers in film compiled by Jakob Nielsen.
I think filmmakers avoid showing real email and other software applications to avoid product placement costs, but that certainly doesn’t account for the fact that there will always be one lead character that can walk up to any computer and instantly operate the interface, guess the password, find any document in seconds, and immediately send it to their mobile device. That’s how things work in real life, right? I have trouble finding documents on my own machine.
No matter how smart you are, some things just can’t be done without an esoteric knowledge of the system, so–for intimidated computer users everywhere–blame it on the computer not yourself.
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