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I was recently in El Salvador and the hotel (Hyatt Centric San Salvador) had ThyssenKrupp elevators with door close buttons that actually worked! Presumably no

I was recently in El Salvador and the hotel (Hyatt Centric San Salvador) had ThyssenKrupp elevators with door close buttons that actually worked! Presumably no ADA minimum times enforced there. And it was amazing! Well, as amazing as such a thing can be - to push a button and have immediate feedback/response (it also felt like the doors even closed faster than they do here). Pushing a button and having it do nothing is one of those frustrating little indignities, it’s bad with software and it’s even worse in the real world.

bentcorner 4y ago
Some kind of feedback could probably help a lot. On a device with a screen you'd disable the button and maybe add some kind of countdown to show when you can press it. There's a bunch of ways to show this with physical buttons but I guess they'd all be varying amounts of non-cheap.
- shadowgovt 4y ago
  This is one of those weird times where less feedback may be better because of human psychology. Letting people hammer on the button without feedback gives them something to kill time with and the wait is more palatable.
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- jonny_eh 4y ago
  Or at least have the button light up, and stay lit, until the door is closed.
- megablast 4y ago
  No. Having it close the doors when you press close the doors is what is wanted. Not a little light.
SoftTalker 4y ago
In the 1990s I worked in a building in Chicago that had instant-response close buttons. It was nice.
megablast 4y ago
Some Of the lifts at work respond instantly. It is such a delight.
matt-attack 4y ago
Europe is the same way. It truly feels like a breath of fresh air.
el-salvador 4y ago
Good observation. On the other hand, while living in El Salvador, there were two things I missed from other country's elevators. - The star symbol sign the main floor button like in the U.S. - The European floor numbering system. It's just that some architects here get too creative in Latin America and name their floors S2, S1, PB, MZ, 2, 3 so it's not always clear which floor is the main one.

bentcorner 4y ago

Some kind of feedback could probably help a lot. On a device with a screen you'd disable the button and maybe add some kind of countdown to show when you can press it. There's a bunch of ways to show this with physical buttons but I guess they'd all be varying amounts of non-cheap.

shadowgovt 4y ago
This is one of those weird times where less feedback may be better because of human psychology. Letting people hammer on the button without feedback gives them something to kill time with and the wait is more palatable.
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jonny_eh 4y ago
Or at least have the button light up, and stay lit, until the door is closed.
megablast 4y ago
No. Having it close the doors when you press close the doors is what is wanted. Not a little light.

SoftTalker 4y ago

In the 1990s I worked in a building in Chicago that had instant-response close buttons. It was nice.

megablast 4y ago

Some Of the lifts at work respond instantly. It is such a delight.

matt-attack 4y ago

Europe is the same way. It truly feels like a breath of fresh air.

el-salvador 4y ago

Good observation. On the other hand, while living in El Salvador, there were two things I missed from other country's elevators. - The star symbol sign the main floor button like in the U.S. - The European floor numbering system. It's just that some architects here get too creative in Latin America and name their floors S2, S1, PB, MZ, 2, 3 so it's not always clear which floor is the main one.