From b44cfb3de308fa2494bb7dd3516405f3f3a79eb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:07:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Definitely not relevant now --- entries/gorilla arm.txt | 12 ------------ 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 entries/gorilla arm.txt diff --git a/entries/gorilla arm.txt b/entries/gorilla arm.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e638863..0000000 --- a/entries/gorilla arm.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -gorilla arm - -n. The side-effect that destroyed touch-screens as a mainstream input -technology despite a promising start in the early 1980s. It seems the -designers of all those spiffy touch-menu systems failed to notice that -humans aren't designed to hold their arms in front of their faces making -small motions. After more than a very few selections, the arm begins to feel -sore, cramped, and oversized the operator looks like a gorilla while using -the touch screen and feels like one afterwards. This is now considered a -classic cautionary tale to human-factors designers; Remember the gorilla -arm! is shorthand for How is this going to fly in real use?. -