[Sigia-l] Coat Hanger Usability

[Stew Dean]

At 22:57 26/02/2004, Alexandre Castro e Silva - Usability wrote:
>Coat Hanger Usability
>
>Sometimes the simplest things are the ones that need Usability the most.
>
>Take coat hangers, for instance.
>
>My closet is very neat and tidy, specially for a guy. But I always have
>problems moving my clothes around it. I'm never able to take out several
>coat hangers at the same time. There are always some with the hooks turned
>inwards, some outwards, and I end up having to take them out one by one.
>It's a drag.
>
>I've tried to establish coat hanging rules. I hereby declare that from this
>moment on all chothes shall be hanged with the hooks facing outwards. But it
>never works. Who remembers that when it's time to put away the clothes after
>laundry?
>
>For all I knew, it was one of those simple yet unsoluble life's little
>problems.
>
>Until today, that is, when I came accross this coat hanger with a movable
>hook.

 From a logic point of view you still have the same problem. The hook will 
still be facing one way or the other, it just means you can rotate your shirts!

What you need is a hook that doesn't have a front or back, doesn't need to 
be unlatch and can still be moved along the rail. Oddly enough I was 
thinking about this a few days ago and after thinking of the contraptions 
that attach people to safety lines I realised that we may be stuck with the 
hook back or forward problem for the for seeable future. Not unless you 
want to use strong magnets.

Stew Dean