Dirtiness of touch interface
How touch interface can age… and get dirty over time. Seen in Paris yesterday, it’s actually an old video rental booth down the street of the 11th arrondissement.
Why do I blog this? just find intriguing the role of aging (and dust!) in the design of interfaces (and then: interactions). Sometimes other services need to be put in place (like new kind of maintenance… that would clean the interface or keep it usable).
March 18th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Hah, a death of a kiosk. Much like this
March 18th, 2008 at 9:56 am
awesomely nice
March 18th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Subscriber service terminal maintenance robots with features for digital, electronic, mechanical and cosmetic diagnosis, repair and/or upkeep. (some services cost extra)
Or some good old fashioned elbow grease…
March 19th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
nice post. brought to mind the time not too long ago when a colleague offered to let me try out his iPhone. he handed it to me, i saw its grease-smeared screen, and i politely handed it back. some dirt is public, and some dirt is personal.
March 27th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Nascar windshields have a film that is removed periodically when they get dirty so the driver can have good visibility. Perhaps the same concept could be used to keep terminals clean.