Showing posts with label bad designs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bad designs. Show all posts
21 November, 2013
Auto-scrolling Websites
Can I just point out how stupid and shockingly bad design it is to have an auto-scrolling website, then add links to the bottom? Hope you can scroll and click faster than it loads! Culprits: Facebook, Google images.
08 August, 2010
Breville Ikon
This is the Breville Ikon kettle. It's a pretty high-end kettle and sells for about $100. It's won a design award, as you can see from the sticker, but there's one flaw in the design:
The handle blocks the water gauge! Otherwise, the design is nice. People say they like the white LED on the water gauge.
28 June, 2010
Bad designs
Some notes on poor design, and things to avoid when designing a house. I'm no expert in houses, so I'm not sure how valid these points are. Maybe someone can tell me how common/valid these are?
My kitchen has a gap between the stove and the counter. This gap is inaccessible without moving out the stove, which is harder than moving the fridge. Very convenient to drop bits of food, sauce and the odd kitchen utensil. The mice living beneath the stove are very grateful.

Similarly for my bathroom, there is a gap between the bathtub and the sink. I've used toilet roll cores to block it so I don't drop my toothbrush into it. This picture, taken with bounce flash, looks more natural but the bottom picture, taken with direct flash, illuminates the gap.

The edge of the kitchen sink rises slightly above the level of the counter. If you drip water when turning the tap or splash water, where is it supposed to go? It'll just puddle on the counter and maybe drip into your cupboards.
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