In Photos dot Org » button http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Thu, 24 May 2012 18:47:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Press the button and walk http://inphotos.org/2006/09/25/press-the-button-and-walk/ http://inphotos.org/2006/09/25/press-the-button-and-walk/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:05:52 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/press-the-button-and-walk/
Press the button and walk

A pedestrian traffic light on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork. The green man is strutting his stuff and people are walking across.

Does anyone else have a dislike for the design of this button? Sure, there’s a big arrow pointing to a large white dot, but it took several years for people to realise that they press the white button instead of the light at the bottom of the unit. The problem is that people are used to pressing a physical button, something that sticks out and can be pushed in. The white dot is flush with the surface of the unit, and people go to press the only thing that looks vaguelly button-like, the light. I still see people do it, and yes, this is one of my pet peeves, thanks for reading!

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