Monday, October 6, 2008

Task 4: Bad design. Lenovo laptop

Lenovo laptop Y510 (lenovo think pad)

Before:



on this lap top the power button is placed directly below the button that wipes the C drive, and the button that wipes the C drive, this means that the user is highly likely to press the wrong button.



Also on top of this the button that wipes the computer is not marked clearly enough just "novo" so the person may press it not knowing what it does and accidently wiping the C- drive
and while the power button has a light and a shape of the "power on" symbol on it, while the computer is turned off the back light is off meaning that you cannot see the power button, leading to further miss understanding of which button to press.



(photo of black light off comming up asap)


photo of someone making a mistake of pressing the wrong button as the mistake is so easily made: (all you need to do it aim wrong or not think about it and go for the wrong button)



After:

the new button will be located on the front part of the laptop well away from the power button.
it will not be a button you press but rather a hole which you have to stick a pin into similar to sticking a pin in the hole that is found on the part you insert a cd in when the cd gets stuck inside.
this will have a cover which will fill the hole so that it is not pressed in accidently, this cover will be made of rubber and will be slitghtly larger on the outside then the hole itself. it will be attached to the computer so that a person has to pick one side off for it to open but will still be stuck to the computer from the other side and therefore will not be lost.
underneath this hole will be labelled in white clear yet small writting "wipe C-drive"
this means that the button will not be pressed accidently and if you want to wipe the C-drive which is not something you commonly want to do, you have to look for it so there are no accidnets of pressing the wrong buttons.
I made it a process that was alittle harder to achieve so that the person trying to wipe their computer has to go through afew steps meaning that they know why they are removing a rubber part and sticking a pin in, you cant accidently pick out a rubber piece and stick a pin into a hole, that must be done on purpose. so no accidents can happen.



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