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All posts filed under “Disabilities”

27 July, 2006

Feature deletion for environmental reasons

A power button, well-used in this case

From the Sunday Times, ‘Standby buttons face axe to curb energy waste’:

“Ministers want to do away with the standby buttons that allow [users] to flick their TVs and other electronic gadgets on and off while moving barely a muscle… Read More

Filed under: Britain, Consumer rights, Design, Design engineering, Design philosophy, Design with Intent, Designers, Disabilities, Do artifacts have politics?, Engineering, Engineering design, Entertainment, Entropy, Feature deletion, Forcing functions, Future, Gadgets, Good design, Innovation, Interaction design, Invention, Law, Legislation, Mobile phones, Political design, Product design, Public money, Regulation, Restriction, Sustainability, Techniques of persuasion, Technology, Technology policy, User experience, User Psychology, Your property
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