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> because god forbid anybody diverge from the "glass monolith" design. A few years ago my building's elevators were breaking down and had to be completely repl

by Izkata 4y ago

> because god forbid anybody diverge from the "glass monolith" design. A few years ago my building's elevators were breaking down and had to be completely replaced. The new ones have a touchscreen that only ever displays the floor numbers, and real buttons that only go up to 9 (in a grid like a phone) where you have to hit two of them to go to floors 10+.

bombcar 4y ago
I feel for you - those buttons will stop working very well quite soon and trying to enter "12" will get you 1, 2, and finally 12. Check every elevator carefully, ADA regulations sometimes require at least ONE elevator in the building to have real buttons (for the blind, for example).
- SnooSux 4y ago
  Sounds like the buttons are all real, there are just only 10 of them.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    Yeah, which could be really annoying for someone who has a challenge pressing two buttons fast enough to trigger. A hotel I stayed at had touchscreen "requests" for elevators (you put in your floor and it would call a elevator for you) and it was super annoying (trying to get floor 12 would doublebounce on 1 and 2 so you'd often get 11 and 22 before getting 12) until I found a pedestal out of the way that had real buttons for all floors. The "hold your keycard up against the thing" is also really annoying when it is 5 feet off the ground; imaging having to wait for an elevator until someone comes along who can hold your card up there for you.
    - 10000truths 4y ago
      > Yeah, which could be really annoying for someone who has a challenge pressing two buttons fast enough to trigger. Sounds like that can easily be fixed with enter and backspace buttons.
      - PhasmaFelis 4y ago
        It can be fixed even more easily by using normal elevator buttons.
  - mortenjorck 4y ago
    This was the same setup in a condo tower I used to live in. Touchscreen grid of floor numbers and a keypad (with Braille) at ADA wheelchair height.

by Izkata 4y ago

bombcar 4y ago

I feel for you - those buttons will stop working very well quite soon and trying to enter "12" will get you 1, 2, and finally 12. Check every elevator carefully, ADA regulations sometimes require at least ONE elevator in the building to have real buttons (for the blind, for example).

SnooSux 4y ago
Sounds like the buttons are all real, there are just only 10 of them.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Yeah, which could be really annoying for someone who has a challenge pressing two buttons fast enough to trigger. A hotel I stayed at had touchscreen "requests" for elevators (you put in your floor and it would call a elevator for you) and it was super annoying (trying to get floor 12 would doublebounce on 1 and 2 so you'd often get 11 and 22 before getting 12) until I found a pedestal out of the way that had real buttons for all floors. The "hold your keycard up against the thing" is also really annoying when it is 5 feet off the ground; imaging having to wait for an elevator until someone comes along who can hold your card up there for you.
  - 10000truths 4y ago
    > Yeah, which could be really annoying for someone who has a challenge pressing two buttons fast enough to trigger. Sounds like that can easily be fixed with enter and backspace buttons.
    - PhasmaFelis 4y ago
      It can be fixed even more easily by using normal elevator buttons.
- mortenjorck 4y ago
  This was the same setup in a condo tower I used to live in. Touchscreen grid of floor numbers and a keypad (with Braille) at ADA wheelchair height.