[Sigia-l] IA Beyond the Web

[David R. Austen]

Hello, Dave:

Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 9:13:22 AM, you wrote:

DC> A more expedient improvement: just place a little car symbol on
DC> the dash showing which side the gas cap is on. Ideally, the symbol
DC> would be right on the face of the gas gauge.

You're warm, very warm. It seems to me that more than a few cars are
now using a small arrow up on the gauge, pointing to the left or
right. But it's like an icon in that the meaning isn't perfectly
clear. Renting cars, I LOOK for the arrow so I know how to pull in to
buy gas. I'm betting that the arrow is almost invisible for
owner-drivers who don't need it. I guess this is the first piece of
automobile IA designed for rental car users.


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Best wishes,

David