Just browsing the interwebs when I came across this image. Have to say it's a rather brilliant application of a Binary Search Tree,, something that I would never have thought of applying it to. I was amazed at how quickly I could decipher Morse Code,, with hardly any learning curve!!!
That's....
~ INTUITIVE DESIGN!!! ~
http://godsowncrunk.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/minute-morse.jpg
Now compare that to the more common A,B,C,... Reference Chart found even on toy walkie-talkies....
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I quite enjoy things of this nature. It's remarkable how much of a role (presentation/organization) of information,, especially when it touches upon natural human intuition, has on the end-user.
A perfect example: Most people quickly figure out how to interact with an iPad without ever having read the documentation. Even people who haven't spent much time around such devices.
I once saw a television show on how car manufactures, specifically, were moving towards an intuitive design approach. Applying research data to determine... (where/what ~ buttons/functions) should placed within the dashboard and steering wheel area. They had human volunteers (thousands) physically to where they would expect certain controls to be, and how they should behave. The research was far more complex,, but that was the gist of it.
Anyways,, perhaps some of you have come across items related to intuitive design. If you have,, please share them... whether they be learning aides,, GUI design, mechanical engineering etc...
Cheers!!!
.oO()Oo.oO (I'm not a real programmer,, I just play one on the Forums!!!) Oo.oO()Oo.
