http://stealthisidea.com/articles/cardreaders/ Philip Haine's articles on Product Vision, Innovation and Design Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:38:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://stealthisidea.com/articles/cardreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-3 rhmillernj Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:39:13 +0000 http://stealthisidea.com/articles/19/#comment-3 How about a design that doesn't require to redesign the card readers, nor does it require double sided card readers? Could one create a card, that would only make sense being held by a user in only one direction and orientation that would work in vertical and horizontal readers? I am thinking about a card that basically had the look of a thumb indent, so you know where your thumb should go as you swipe the card. Maybe even have this part of the card be thicker so you could have a real indent where the thumb goes. Did you also notice that card readers are for RIGHT handed people. I am a lefty, but can live with this. I am going to do an experiment. I am going to put a oval piece of tape where my thumb should go on the card, and see if that reduces my own error rate. ;-> How about a design that doesn’t require to redesign the card readers, nor does it require double sided card readers? Could one create a card, that would only make sense being held by a user in only one direction and orientation that would work in vertical and horizontal readers? I am thinking about a card that basically had the look of a thumb indent, so you know where your thumb should go as you swipe the card. Maybe even have this part of the card be thicker so you could have a real indent where the thumb goes. Did you also notice that card readers are for RIGHT handed people. I am a lefty, but can live with this. I am going to do an experiment. I am going to put a oval piece of tape where my thumb should go on the card, and see if that reduces my own error rate. ;->

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