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On the usability of number pads (shkspr.mobi)

submitted 1 year ago by edent@lemmy.one to c/technology@beehaw.org

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A little rant for this Saturday about a stupid usability problem which will never get fixed.

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[–] edent@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oooof! Yeah, I don't think I could cope with that.

[–] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't come to Korea. Every banking transaction requires you to punch in your PIN at least twice with a randomized numpad. Well actually it's a 4x3 numpad with 2 spaces randomly inserted into it.

[–] edent@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

What?! That boggles my mind - and would probably break my brain.