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:Sakae: On The Usability Of Paper Clips
Sakae: On The Usability Of Paper Clips
Feb 11, 2007, 17 :00 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (6914 reads)

(Other stories by Osugi Sakae)

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"Who would have thought anyone could not know how to use a paper clip?

"Some students I teach did not. Elementary school students, eight, nine years old. They had never used paper clips before and didn’t know how they worked. Some of them attached the clip as in the picture.

"Do you remember not knowing how to use a paper clip? I do not. It just seems self-evident. What could be more intuitive? The volume knob on a stereo? The stapler? Sandals? Anyhow, some of these children did not know how to use the paper clip. For them the paper clip was not intuitive. Maybe because it was not familiar..."

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I read an interesting take on the "bette ...   An interesting note on keyboards...   
Bob_Robertson
Feb 11, 2007, 22:48:57
 
> While familiarity is an immediate gain ...   Re: An interesting note on keyboards...   
ue
Feb 12, 2007, 15:33:19
 
> If you switch from one system to anoth ...   Re: Re: An interesting note on keyboards...   
Bob_Robertson
Feb 12, 2007, 21:06:06
 
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