lunedì 27 giugno 2016

The 30 worst-named tech products

What's in a name? Well, more than you think when it comes to tech products. Here are some of the worst-named products we've come across. A few did OK in the marketplace; most, however, did not.

by David Carnoy November 13, 2015

Badly Designed Products!

by Andrew Miller
Nov 17, 2015
www.somethingawful.com

Top 25 Biggest Product Flops Of All Time

Consumer Products That Failed
Here's a look at WalletPop's biggest product failures of all time. Sometimes good companies make very bad decisions. We highlight over two dozen of our favorite examples in our list of the Top 25 Biggest Product Flops of All Time. From New Coke to Ben-Gay aspirin, we take a look at product launches that we bet these companies wish never happened.
www.dailyfinance.com

10 Terrible Product Designs and the Lessons They Teach Us

By Gabriel Harper
intavant.com

Apple 30-pin to USB Cable


	What is wrong? the Signifier: - There isn't effective sign for the right side to plug in an Apple 30-pin to USB Cable
	When people try to plug in the USB connector, they frequently turn it the wrong way. This problem is annoying; you lost time and it could happen to force it in the wrong way. Ok for a simple design but it shouldn't be a minimalist design: there aren't effective signs for the right side to plug in.
	Apple 30-pin to USB Cable No tactile signs; just a pale symbol hidden by the thumb.


	Suggestions
	This map shows the parts of the body next to the areas of the brain that process our sense of touch. The eyes and hands have a lot of space devoted to them; other parts, not so much. Image reference
	The Sensory Homunculus
	Microsoft mouse 4500 with a bulge on the USB cable. So you can touch the right side to plug in.




	Why don't use a non-visual interaction design? Using a BULGE you can recognize the right side even without look at it, just using the touch sense.