Toaster usability study
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* to toast bread | * to toast bread | ||
- | * | + | * low cost |
- | * | + | * easy usability |
* ability to use a wide variety of bread | * ability to use a wide variety of bread | ||
== Likes == | == Likes == | ||
- | * | + | * golden brown toast |
- | * | + | * cancel button |
- | * | + | * well-defined settings |
+ | * [http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/12/scan-toaster-puts-the-power-of-miracle-toast-into-the-hands-of/ custom printed toast] | ||
== Annoyances == | == Annoyances == | ||
- | * | + | * bread gets stuck inside the toaster |
- | * | + | * unreliability of toaster settings |
- | * | + | * hard to clean |
- | * | + | * burned sides of wider bread |
- | * | + | * toast doesn't come out of the toaster high enough to grab it. |
= Possible Usability Improvements = | = Possible Usability Improvements = | ||
- | + | From our usability study data we have come up with several possible usability improvements: | |
- | * | + | |
- | * | + | * including a cancel button on the toaster to give more user control (already part of our dissected product) |
- | * | + | * have toast lifted higher after toasting for easy and pain-free removal |
+ | * widening slots after toasting in order to remove wider bread products easily | ||
+ | * allow toaster to fit a wide variety of bread sizes, keeping bread from either not being toasted or being burned on edges. |
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Product Use
Here is a series of photographs depicting a typical customer's interaction with a toaster:
User
For a toaster, users fall into a wide range of people. This includes all ages and economic status, but tend to be limited to people who own or have access to a kitchen. The only major restriction is that toasters requires a user to have a supply of electricity in their household.
For this usability study, we sent around a survey and interviewed several people who have interacted with a toaster on a regular basis. The results of this study is shown below.
Needs
- to toast bread
- low cost
- easy usability
- ability to use a wide variety of bread
Likes
- golden brown toast
- cancel button
- well-defined settings
- custom printed toast
Annoyances
- bread gets stuck inside the toaster
- unreliability of toaster settings
- hard to clean
- burned sides of wider bread
- toast doesn't come out of the toaster high enough to grab it.
Possible Usability Improvements
From our usability study data we have come up with several possible usability improvements:
- including a cancel button on the toaster to give more user control (already part of our dissected product)
- have toast lifted higher after toasting for easy and pain-free removal
- widening slots after toasting in order to remove wider bread products easily
- allow toaster to fit a wide variety of bread sizes, keeping bread from either not being toasted or being burned on edges.