As remote controls and mobile phones become increasingly baroque in their complexity, more and more of us find ourselves pressing the wrong buttons at the wrong times. I press the wrong button three times a day on my K800i.
But Grandma has an extra problem: she worries that by pressing the wrong button she will break things or hurt herself.
Big picture here at Book of Joe. And you can buy the cartoon from the New Yorker.
Designing to overcome that is a major challenge. But if you can do it, the magic part is that millions of other people who thought they were more sophisticated than grandma will suddenly love your product too. Because it’s simple and supportive.