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> The street signs are in weird spots, or are non existent. (Disclaimer: I haven't been to Ireland, but I do live closeby in the UK). I find this interesting,

by relaia 14y ago

> The street signs are in weird spots, or are non existent. (Disclaimer: I haven't been to Ireland, but I do live closeby in the UK). I find this interesting, because I found exactly the same thing true when I first went to San Francisco! It took me months to understand where to look for street signs (and I'm still fairly sure many junctions are missing them). I'm not sure if there's some pattern, but they often seemed arbitrarily placed... looking back, I also wonder if they're positioned more for drivers, whereas street signs here could be seen as more for pedestrians (whether this is true, or which is correct, is a topic for discussion). In any case, I feel the author could expand their article by trying to think like a foreigner driving in their own country, and how that may also seem wrong! I personally think that this is perhaps a case of 'everyone has the wrong design', held together only by learnt habits.

timchilcottjr 14y ago
Definitely thought some about that. Mostly the point of the article was to say that to grow as a UI/UX dev you need to shock yourself out of being numb. So in that regard, it would work with anyone driving in a country they don't live in. They are all so different. Trying to kill comfort zone.
kokey 14y ago
I've driven in over 11 different countries, and I find the signage in the UK to still be the strangest but at least I'm used to it. In the denser urban areas the biggest main streets seem to have the least signs naming the street. The alley ways off it will all have signs, but the big street you are just supposed to 'know'. Also what gets me is that when there is an intersection going through a roundabout, there is a sign well before the turn, but not always actually at the turn. Most other places have a sign before and at the turn. It's something to get used to in the UK, otherwise you see some turns and wonder what the sign before the turn said because you didn't read every single big board with multiple turns on it to check if one of them is what you are after.

by relaia 14y ago

timchilcottjr 14y ago

Definitely thought some about that. Mostly the point of the article was to say that to grow as a UI/UX dev you need to shock yourself out of being numb. So in that regard, it would work with anyone driving in a country they don't live in. They are all so different. Trying to kill comfort zone.

kokey 14y ago

I've driven in over 11 different countries, and I find the signage in the UK to still be the strangest but at least I'm used to it. In the denser urban areas the biggest main streets seem to have the least signs naming the street. The alley ways off it will all have signs, but the big street you are just supposed to 'know'. Also what gets me is that when there is an intersection going through a roundabout, there is a sign well before the turn, but not always actually at the turn. Most other places have a sign before and at the turn. It's something to get used to in the UK, otherwise you see some turns and wonder what the sign before the turn said because you didn't read every single big board with multiple turns on it to check if one of them is what you are after.