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At one of my old work places the two elevator call buttons were replaced by a touch screen with... two elevator call buttons. Nothing improved, just the same i

At one of my old work places the two elevator call buttons were replaced by a touch screen with... two elevator call buttons. Nothing improved, just the same interface with the same two buttons, but now in a touchscreen that was more expensive and can crash.

mentando 10y ago
And not barrier-free I would imagine.
- dsr_ 10y ago
  Blind people can gently touch the wall, find the buttons, and figure out which one is up, because it's over the down button. Try that with a touch screen.
  - fnord123 10y ago
    Right, but if they add or remove floors, they don't need to change the touch screen. Eat that, normal buttons! /s
  - scaryclam 10y ago
    Heck, a lot of physical buttons also have braille on them
pi-rat 10y ago
Reminds me of many of the first VOIP softwares often mimicking physical phones (some didn't even accept keyboard input for punching the number, you had to use the mouse). Applications skinned like photographs of physical items => horrible UX.
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Bartweiss 10y ago
Whenever I see monitors and touchscreens, I keep any eye out for crashes and errors. It's always interesting to see what should be simple, dedicated-hardware devices taken down by a Windows 10 update or some revealing error message (why does the mall's you-are-here screen use Internet Explorer?!)