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I have been telling this story to UX designers since I first read it. Fun to see it pop up again, it's one of my favorites. My favorite part of UX is getting t

I have been telling this story to UX designers since I first read it. Fun to see it pop up again, it's one of my favorites. My favorite part of UX is getting to go on site to see people's workflows in action. An example that comes to mind was working on an early iPad app for EMS / first responders. They already had toughbook-style computers in the ambulances, but had lots of complaints. One thing we noticed immediately was that they couldn't use the computers when they were wearing latex gloves. They actually tracked vital signs by writing them on the gloves themselves and attempting to transcribe them when they got back to the computer.

jimmyswimmy 8y ago
Just did exactly this an hour ago. Much easier than trying to type in those little boxes. I can put any value I want on my glove in any format or order. The computer on the other hand will barf if I try to put 120/80 in the pulse field, or anywhere, because systolic and diastolic pressure are two different fields. Seems like a great application for relatively straightforward pattern recognition, an empty text box and a heuristic that guesses what I mean and asks for approval.