[Sigia-l] Arrows and Sort Order

[Todd R.Warfel]

Same thing happened in my recent visit to Canada. In observing Native 
Canadians, Europeans, Eastern Europeans, Asians, and Aussies, about 50% 
of the time they selected the "wrong" button. The buttons didn't have 
arrows on them, but were stacked on top of each other like:

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On Oct 9, 2003, at 1:37 AM, George Supreeth wrote:

> Some people press the 'DOWN' arrow, when they need to go up. (The
> elevator is above them)
> I think the logic is... "By pressing the down arrow, I'm calling the
> machine down...
> Many people press both buttons... Why take a chance.
>

Cheers!

Todd R. Warfel
User Experience Architect
MessageFirst | making products easier to use
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