My 9 year old daughter and I were by ourselves on a recent Friday night while my wife and boys were at an event. We went to the grocery store to pick up some supplies for dinner and decided that we should rent a movie.
Our preferred way to rent is RedBox. They really understand data and their website has the full inventory of every RedBox so you can review what movies are at a given location and reserve it. All that and its only a dollar a day, plus tax – a tremendous value. We didn’t use the reservation feature this time, but simply stopped at the local Walgreens on our way back from the store.
As we looked at the first screen of movie choices my daughter didn’t see anything she wanted to see. I told her to go to the next screen, expecting her to hit the large “Next Page” button at the bottom of the screen. Rather, she reached up and swiped the screen from right to left. Puzzled on why it didn’t work, she looked at me for assistance and after controlling my laughter, I showed her the “Next Page” button.
Attention user interface designers and industrial designers – the iPad generation is coming. Better be ready!
- Mark