[HN Gopher] Ham Biscuit on (2021) ___________________________________________________________________ Ham Biscuit on (2021) Author : takiwatanga Score : 17 points Date : 2022-04-09 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (ericwbailey.design) (TXT) w3m dump (ericwbailey.design) | karaterobot wrote: | Assuming he wants to redesign it within the same basic | constraints as the existing design, I would think that the | message should be "ham biscuits sold out" rather than "ham | biscuits available". That is, alert customers when you're sold | out rather than before. The green light seems easy to miss, | because green doesn't demand your attention as much as red does. | Plus, the green sign is an example of one of my favorite anti- | patterns, the "everything's okay!!!" alarm. Tell me when things | go wrong, not when everything is working as I already expect it | to. | joezydeco wrote: | You have a large flashing sign in someone's face and instead of | using that as a sales tool ("buy a ham biscuit!", aka "hot | donuts now!"), you're going to use it to tell them _bad_ news? | kcplate wrote: | A while back while on a business trip I stayed in hotel right | across the street from a 24 hour Krispy Kreme donut shop. Every | time their red neon "hot now" sign turned on it bathed my hotel | room in a red glow. I ate a ton of hot glazed donuts that trip. | Red works. | rzimmerman wrote: | I'd go with an always lit "HAM BISCUITS" and two signs below that | say "AVAILABLE" and "SOLD OUT", one lit and one dark, to be super | explicit. | | The problem with a green sign is that it might not stand out | against a properly painted bike shed... | ggm wrote: | Red for danger green for go. Red and absence of red is the | problem if the language is colour then if needs to be tri-state: | Red: danger Green: go Black: bulb fail or system | error | | Colour choices are culturally defined. | buildsjets wrote: | At other franchises, this is a solved problem. Hot Donuts Now. | | https://www.google.com/search?q=hot+donuts+now&client=safari... | mattstudio wrote: | His potential solution requires the customer to know that there | are two states to the sign. An unlit "Ham biscuits available" | with a white check next to it would be confusing to those able to | read it. Although the legibility would be lower it's not ideal. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-04-09 23:00 UTC)