Elaine Fath Blog #6

The technique that jumped out at me immediately is the "use up-to-speed aids." This is for a variety of reasons--our project, which involved the fridge, is primarily a single touch-screen built into the fridge door, and most of the interaction is visually based. Additionally, I'm a very visual learner--once I see something done once on a screen, I can usually remember it better than someone telling me about it or reading about it. I could see an "I'm new" button where the fridge took you through some of its basic features as well as how to access them in a kind of "get acquainted" session with extra hints that can be turned off at will.