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I used the ATM in Wilson Commons, as the Red Box is far away and I do not drive.
Fortunately, I found it to be really well designed. In approach, it had one clear affordance: a well marked, obvious in function, credit card slot with a blinking light next to it in case you missed it.
It also has unlabeled buttons on it, which are a great user interface tool in my opinion. After you put in your card and use the easily understood number pad (the only other affordance), the buttons get labels next to them, which is similar to how buttons work on my phone and some video game controllers (although I suspect the ATM predates them, but it is still a nice cultural similarity).
While the ATM had a clear UI path at each step (put in card -> input PIN -> use buttons), a Red Box I can see from pictures does not.
I used the ATM in Wilson Commons, as the Red Box is far away and I do not drive.
Fortunately, I found it to be really well designed. In approach, it had one clear affordance: a well marked, obvious in function, credit card slot with a blinking light next to it in case you missed it.
It also has unlabeled buttons on it, which are a great user interface tool in my opinion. After you put in your card and use the easily understood number pad (the only other affordance), the buttons get labels next to them, which is similar to how buttons work on my phone and some video game controllers (although I suspect the ATM predates them, but it is still a nice cultural similarity).
While the ATM had a clear UI path at each step (put in card -> input PIN -> use buttons), a Red Box I can see from pictures does not.
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