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Illustrating ease.

When trying to explain usability concepts having some illustrations can really help.

The following photos and illustrations can be used freely to illustrate ease of use concepts. (See conditions at the bottom of this page.) If you have illustrations that could be useful, please send them to peter@poorbuthappy.com and I will add them to this page.

The Science Museum.

The following pictures were taken in 2001 in the Science Museum in London.

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This person is listening to whispers that come from the funny shaped things when you wave your hand in front of them.

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This kid is moving the handles and turning a wheel. The wheel makes the blades go around, the handles make them turn left or right, thus illustrating concepts from aerodynamics.

On the Train.

I was sitting on an English train and noticed a lot of the interior nicely illustrated usability concepts like affordance.

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This door was especially fascinating. The message on the inside of the door says: "To open door: Wait for 'door unlocked' sign. - Open window - Use outside handle (Please close door and window after use.)". Fascinating stuff.

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Conditions for use.

You can use the pictures on this page for free in the following circumstances:

You can use them on your website if it is non-profit and you add a link on the same page back to this page.
You can use them in presentations freely.
If you make the presentation materials (Powerpoint slides for example) available (putting it on the web for example, or handing out print-outs), you can still use the images but you have to mention a link to this webpage. (Illustrations provided by http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/illustrations/)
For other uses please contact us first and ask permission.