Top 100 posts

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

• iPad is everything the Kindle isn’t (for my use cases), May 25, 2010 (3225)
• Bad Design: Mouse mode and feedback, October 28, 2009 (2328)
• Consequences of Mobile Phone Usability…big consequences, September 16, 2009 (2157)
• Facebook and Privacy: A Guest Post by Kelly Caine, May 8, 2010 (1878)
• 3D is better than 2D, right?, January 22, 2010 (1836)
• HF Graduate Programs: Clemson University, January 26, 2010 (1826)
• Soft Keyboard: Smart Idea or Incredibly Frustrating?, March 22, 2010 (1814)
• Redesigning Toyota’s Keyless Ignition System, February 10, 2010 (1796)
• Pain Scale Emoticons, January 8, 2010 (1787)
• Don Norman’s 10 Rules for Successful Products, June 28, 2010 (1694)
• Update on an Academic’s Use of the iPad, June 29, 2010 (1631)
• Human Factors vs. Bugs – Somebody stop my Toyota!, November 6, 2009 (1563)
• Tabs, tabs, and more tabs…, January 11, 2010 (1557)
• Keyless Ignition in Emergencies: Do you know what to do?, January 27, 2010 (1543)
• Usability issues in navigating your life, September 8, 2009 (1432)
• Redesigning the Homeland Security Warnings, September 13, 2009 (1329)
• Human Factors in the World’s First “Purpose-Built” Law Enforcement Vehicle, December 14, 2009 (1270)
• Human Factors and Healthcare: The older patient & nurse, December 10, 2009 (1269)
• Data visualization tools, December 10, 2009 (1264)
• Doctors Visits Decrease With Electronic Health Records/E-mail, March 12, 2010 (1261)
• Environmental Controls: Spotlight on Volvo, January 20, 2010 (1244)
• Error Leads to Radiation Overdose, October 15, 2009 (1238)
• “Human Factors” mentioned in NYT article referring to massive oil spill, May 4, 2010 (1196)
• HFES Conference Part 5: Automation & Trust & Google Maps, November 4, 2009 (1183)
• HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 2 – Eliciting Knowledge Structures, October 27, 2009 (1175)
• HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 1, October 24, 2009 (1163)
• Dissecting the iPad’s User Interface, February 5, 2010 (1161)
• Distracted Driving: The Experience, January 3, 2010 (1139)
• Users: Are they the people using the towels or the people replacing the towels?, May 13, 2010 (1134)
• Graph extravaganza: Who are our “users”?, November 13, 2009 (1133)
• Evil Interfaces, May 3, 2010 (1103)
• Database failure–we’ll be back shortly, January 5, 2010 (1098)
• Blog is 99% recovered, January 5, 2010 (1097)
• The Human Factors of Rock Climbing – A matter of life and death, June 25, 2010 (1097)
• HF Graduate Programs: North Carolina State University, February 4, 2010 (1085)
• Publically Available Databases for Research, January 7, 2010 (1082)
• Driving and Writing: Audi MMI, December 2, 2009 (1076)
• “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 (1067)
• HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 3 – Health/Internet…and ROBOTS!, October 29, 2009 (1066)
• Pssssst! Free occupational safety data!, December 11, 2009 (1066)
• Trust & Electronic Medical Records, April 15, 2010 (1066)
• Ahem…your heart has stopped, January 12, 2010 (1055)
• Making virtual worlds more accessible – a new context area for Human Factors, March 4, 2010 (1052)
• Personas & Windows Phone 7; Apple Mouse Fix, March 15, 2010 (1041)
• HF Potpourri, January 6, 2010 (1029)
• Results of long-term educational use of Kindle, September 28, 2009 (1005)
• STFU Usability Protocol, September 25, 2009 (1000)
• Dangers of Automatic Windows, November 24, 2009 (984)
• Solving Beer Estimation Difficulties, November 20, 2009 (982)
• Database Two: Aviation safety data, December 15, 2009 (980)
• This does not bode well for the on-device user experience…, February 2, 2010 (974)
• Visual Search and Airport Security Screening, February 8, 2010 (968)
• Contact lens solution safety can be a complex if-then task, June 9, 2010 (968)
• HFES Conference Part 6: Health & Human Factors, November 10, 2009 (967)
• “Sully” Sullenberger to Speak at the HFES 2010 Conference, March 17, 2010 (955)
• HF Potpourri, December 14, 2009 (944)
• Web-based tool to measure task workload, December 3, 2009 (940)
• HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 4 – Hearing and Understanding, November 3, 2009 (901)
• Vision-themed Potpourri, December 20, 2009 (882)
• Driving, texting, and eating?, April 21, 2010 (882)
• Careers in Human Factors & Aging, February 25, 2010 (840)
• Exit Signs Across Cultures, March 11, 2010 (791)
• Encouraging Sanitary Behavior at the Urinal, December 19, 2009 (788)
• Facetted Navigation Primer, April 22, 2010 (787)
• Online Banking Should Be Easier for Seniors, April 1, 2010 (778)
• Complex Clickers in Class, March 8, 2010 (767)
• Situation Awareness Issue?, April 27, 2010 (763)
• Design & HF Potpourri, January 24, 2010 (755)
• HFBlog at HFES 2009 in San Antonio, December 2, 2009 (730)
• The Human Factors of Weapons, July 16, 2010 (711)
• Usability Potpourri, July 2, 2010 (702)
• Almost Here: Designing Displays for Older Adults, July 20, 2010 (692)
• Medication Adherence Case Study, December 9, 2009 (683)
• Human Factors and Health care: Tackling Inefficiencies, July 12, 2010 (666)
• The Spatial Demands of Assembly Instructions, February 3, 2010 (664)
• Healthcare IT does not save money, increase efficiency, December 1, 2009 (656)
• Usability/Design/HF Potpourri, December 4, 2009 (651)
• The Toyota Saga Continues…, December 7, 2009 (648)
• Glass Shower Doors, June 28, 2010 (646)
• Database Three: Mining safety data, December 17, 2009 (643)
• Smells like more potpourri, December 8, 2009 (642)
• Usability Potpourri, June 23, 2010 (624)
• Stirring the pot… with a saw, March 22, 2010 (616)
• UXURLS: A usability news aggregator, March 1, 2010 (605)
• HF and Medical Device Workshop (again) in April 2010, March 1, 2010 (597)
• Human Factors Blog @ SXSW, March 4, 2010 (582)
• HF Potpourri, March 8, 2010 (556)
• Similar Medical Bottles Strike Again: Flu Shots and Insulin, February 1, 2010 (537)
• BMW Radio: “WHAT CODE! Where do I find the CODE?!”, July 26, 2010 (519)
• Designing Displays for Older Adults: Chapter 1 (excerpt), August 18, 2010 (507)
• Summer-itis!, June 22, 2010 (502)
• Mining Tragedy Update, July 15, 2010 (480)
• Ergonomic Advice from Star Trek, August 5, 2010 (472)
• The Zero-Fatality Car, August 6, 2010 (459)
• Unusable Signs – Biking, July 20, 2010 (432)
• Code Chartreuse – “Too many codes”, August 9, 2010 (401)
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Madness, August 2, 2010 (368)
• Blogging APA Division 21: Maximizing Stimulus-Response Compatibility, August 19, 2010 (305)
• Blogging APA Division 21: “Who are we?” (how did we get here, and who do we want to be?), August 16, 2010 (248)
• Too standardized? – The problem of tube identification in hospitals, August 25, 2010 (239)