Top 100 posts

The 100 most popular posts by views (from the past year):

• “Internet radio so simple that even an old, stupid idiot can use it”, March 24, 2009 (5072)
• Electric Scooters and their Warnings: A Guest Post by Kim Wolfinbarger, June 16, 2009 (2933)
• When Users Complain: Blackboard, July 17, 2009 (2885)
• Dashboards meet the 21st century, April 10, 2009 (2756)
• 911! I’m Locked In My Car…Oh, Pull Lock? Thanks, April 1, 2009 (1806)
• Smartphones as Event-based Prospective Memory Aids, June 18, 2009 (1684)
• The $12,000 Design Mistake, March 26, 2009 (1616)
• Map Information Visualizations = HOT!, May 1, 2009 (1586)
• HF/Design/Usability Potpourri from around the Web, April 15, 2009 (1531)
• Human Factors & Medical Device Workshop, April 10, 2009 (1434)
• (face) Gestures Interface, June 17, 2009 (1405)
• Consequences of Mobile Phone Usability…big consequences, September 16, 2009 (1363)
• Cannot be Undone (double negatives on iphone), June 8, 2009 (1322)
• Acoustic Information from Basketball Courts, May 14, 2009 (1285)
• Time.com article on Anne’s research with Games & Aging, July 13, 2009 (1279)
• Emergency Checklists and Aviation, June 10, 2009 (1243)
• Augmented Reality for Everyone, July 16, 2009 (1237)
• Human Factors Potpourri (again), April 23, 2009 (1230)
• Consumer RFID technology–The Mirror by Violet, March 23, 2009 (1215)
• Accidental Activation Activates Fighter Jet Escort, May 12, 2009 (1186)
• Solution for ATM glare, June 1, 2009 (1110)
• A Blind Person’s Interactions With Technology, July 30, 2009 (1108)
• Danger at the Dining Hall!, April 24, 2009 (1104)
• The Tactile Thinkpad: More Laptop Redesign from Lenovo, July 2, 2009 (1091)
• Book: Designing for Older Adults, 2nd edition, May 22, 2009 (1089)
• Behind the scenes look at “Playtesting” games, July 1, 2009 (1083)
• Heatmapping the Keyboard, June 30, 2009 (1011)
• Invisible Lines and Laundry Detergent, June 11, 2009 (1001)
• New Interface for Online Banking, July 2, 2009 (987)
• Ford’s Use of Personas in Design, July 18, 2009 (974)
• Can you hear me now? Why yes, I can!, June 1, 2009 (973)
• Bad Design: Mouse mode and feedback, October 28, 2009 (945)
• Usability issues in navigating your life, September 8, 2009 (933)
• Redesigning the Homeland Security Warnings, September 13, 2009 (926)
• Consumer Reports story on Automobile Ergonomics, August 11, 2009 (910)
• Applied Decision Making Aids in the News, June 12, 2009 (877)
• HF/Usability Potpourri, June 26, 2009 (876)
• Watch out for Un-Equalsteppings!, June 10, 2009 (868)
• Is Older Adult Interest in the Wii Interface Just Hype?: or “I want to try bowling”, July 6, 2009 (866)
• Two HF Driving News Articles, August 19, 2009 (861)
• Infographics Galore!, June 1, 2009 (849)
• Human Factors vs. Bugs – Somebody stop my Toyota!, November 6, 2009 (842)
• Error Leads to Radiation Overdose, October 15, 2009 (832)
• Pain Scale Emoticons, January 8, 2010 (769)
• Bad Astronomy on Usability, June 9, 2009 (752)
• Tabs, tabs, and more tabs…, January 11, 2010 (741)
• Developing the “science of error measurement”, August 31, 2009 (727)
• HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 1, October 24, 2009 (714)
• STFU Usability Protocol, September 25, 2009 (713)
• Human Factors in the World’s First “Purpose-Built” Law Enforcement Vehicle, December 14, 2009 (700)
• HF/Usability Hodgepodge, August 28, 2009 (664)
• Fitts’ Law and Your Microwave, August 12, 2009 (654)
• “Replicants are like any other machine – they’re either a benefit or a hazard. If they’re a benefit, it’s not my problem.”, September 19, 2009 (650)
• Results of long-term educational use of Kindle, September 28, 2009 (649)
• HF Potpourri, January 6, 2010 (645)
• Politics and Research: Driver Distraction, July 23, 2009 (643)
• HF Potpourri, August 17, 2009 (633)
• Ahem…your heart has stopped, January 12, 2010 (627)
• Distracted Driving: The Experience, January 3, 2010 (609)
• HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 2 – Eliciting Knowledge Structures, October 27, 2009 (606)
• Solving Beer Estimation Difficulties, November 20, 2009 (595)
• Data visualization tools, December 10, 2009 (592)
• HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 3 – Health/Internet…and ROBOTS!, October 29, 2009 (591)
• Publically Available Databases for Research, January 7, 2010 (591)
• Population Trends: Age, July 16, 2009 (581)
• HF Graduate Programs: Clemson University, January 26, 2010 (579)
• HFES Conference Part 5: Automation & Trust & Google Maps, November 4, 2009 (575)
• Graph extravaganza: Who are our “users”?, November 13, 2009 (575)
• HFES Conference Part 6: Health & Human Factors, November 10, 2009 (572)
• Human Factors and Healthcare: The older patient & nurse, December 10, 2009 (566)
• 911: Trying to fight slips via warnings, August 4, 2009 (565)
• Keyless Ignition in Emergencies: Do you know what to do?, January 27, 2010 (561)
• 3D is better than 2D, right?, January 22, 2010 (554)
• Database Two: Aviation safety data, December 15, 2009 (553)
• Pssssst! Free occupational safety data!, December 11, 2009 (543)
• HF Potpourri, December 14, 2009 (539)
• Vision-themed Potpourri, December 20, 2009 (531)
• Blog is 99% recovered, January 5, 2010 (511)
• Database failure–we’ll be back shortly, January 5, 2010 (503)
• Encouraging Sanitary Behavior at the Urinal, December 19, 2009 (503)
• HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 4 – Hearing and Understanding, November 3, 2009 (496)
• Driving and Writing: Audi MMI, December 2, 2009 (489)
• Environmental Controls: Spotlight on Volvo, January 20, 2010 (476)
• Dangers of Automatic Windows, November 24, 2009 (465)
• Database Three: Mining safety data, December 17, 2009 (461)
• Redesigning Toyota’s Keyless Ignition System, February 10, 2010 (445)
• This does not bode well for the on-device user experience…, February 2, 2010 (407)
• Visual Search and Airport Security Screening, February 8, 2010 (392)
• Web-based tool to measure task workload, December 3, 2009 (371)
• Design & HF Potpourri, January 24, 2010 (363)
• Healthcare IT does not save money, increase efficiency, December 1, 2009 (346)
• Dissecting the iPad’s User Interface, February 5, 2010 (343)
• Smells like more potpourri, December 8, 2009 (325)
• Usability/Design/HF Potpourri, December 4, 2009 (322)
• HFBlog at HFES 2009 in San Antonio, December 2, 2009 (318)
• The Toyota Saga Continues…, December 7, 2009 (311)
• HF Graduate Programs: North Carolina State University, February 4, 2010 (306)
• The Spatial Demands of Assembly Instructions, February 3, 2010 (296)
• Let’s get social…, November 20, 2009 (267)
• Similar Medical Bottles Strike Again: Flu Shots and Insulin, February 1, 2010 (249)