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Not focusing on the user results in bad design

Bad usability examples include many “obviously bad” designs

Photo of a child's camera Close-up photo of an easily accessed film release button on a child's camera Close-up photo of a screw being used to prevent an easily accessed film release button on a child's camera from being pressed

Notes:

I include this example to show how widespread usability is, and how it is always important to keep the user in mind.
When I was listing the components that define usability, they all related to a user’s experience with the product.
However, products often lack a consideration of the user’s goals, abilities, and previous experience and a bad design is the result.
The problem is that it is too easy for a child (the main user) to make a mistake, because designers were not thinking about who was going to use the product, and what they would do with it.
If the user does their own fix, it’s probably because the usability is poor.