I also used the red box at Wegmans. I liked the displays for the movies and the information that popped up when you select one. It tells you the rating, the reason for the rating, the length of the movie, the plot summary, and gives some of the actors. I also liked the display between the two computer screens that shows you what some of the choices are at a glance. It gives you an idea of what you might want to see (or might not want to see) so that you don't have to navigate through all of the pages if you don't want to. I thought it was a good idea that the directions for paying were displayed on the screen and the price and time restrictions were displayed often as you went along. It was very clear how the billing worked from the beginning. I thought the "empty case" option was a good idea, too.
I was also disappointed with the selection of movies. They make it appear that there are more movies than there actually are by categorizing some movies under multiple headings (and some of the categorizations were debatable). I also had trouble finding the "more titles" and "go back" buttons on the screen due to them being identical to the "help", "start over", and "view cart" buttons. The screen wasn't calibrated well and the little scroll bars were nearly impossible to use. I resorted to highlighting text as I read to be able to finish reading the plot summaries. I also agree that the arrow was unnecessary on this interface. Perhaps the most frustrating thing of all was the "would you like more time?" screen that popped up if you stopped to read anything for more than 15 seconds. I really got sick of that screen by the time I'd selected a movie.
I was also disappointed with the selection of movies. They make it appear that there are more movies than there actually are by categorizing some movies under multiple headings (and some of the categorizations were debatable). I also had trouble finding the "more titles" and "go back" buttons on the screen due to them being identical to the "help", "start over", and "view cart" buttons. The screen wasn't calibrated well and the little scroll bars were nearly impossible to use. I resorted to highlighting text as I read to be able to finish reading the plot summaries. I also agree that the arrow was unnecessary on this interface. Perhaps the most frustrating thing of all was the "would you like more time?" screen that popped up if you stopped to read anything for more than 15 seconds. I really got sick of that screen by the time I'd selected a movie.
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