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Setting user expectation is a design problem that can't just be brushed away if there is any desire in this thing going mainstream. The user will come into the
by sbisker 16y ago
Setting user expectation is a design problem that can't just be brushed away if there is any desire in this thing going mainstream. The user will come into the device with misconceptions - it's up to the designer to manage those misconceptions and help the user through any such "user errors" gracefully. A key teaching of service design is that often it's just as appreciated - if not moreso - to guide the user through any issues gracefully, than to not let the mistakes happen at all.
Perhaps this review was just a fluke. And yes, it's a V1 - at least as far as feedback from the real world goes. But to me, a lot of the things that surprised him (that having a partner would influence the readings negatively, for instance) also surprised me. I would be hesitant to give something like this as a gift to a "mainstream" person (a "normie", if you will) right now - just because I would worry that WakeMate's manual/interface/whatever isn't yet ready to help my friend through any misconceptions they might have.