User Interface Bloopers

Jakob Neilsen is well known (amongst web designers) for his usability studies, and website – and he’s recently compiled a list of usability bloopers often made in movies.

Break into a company — possibly in a foreign country or on an alien planet — and step up to the computer. How long does it take you to figure out the UI and use the new applications for the first time? Less than a minute if you’re a movie star.

Naturally Jakob, being a formal writer, makes what could have been an amusing post quite formal, but it’s still an interesting read.