Nokia S40 Music Player - Usability Issue
Just bought a Nokia 3110 Classic phone for my sister. It has got all the features like Camera, Bluetooth, Music Player, Memory card and a good battery. After spending some time with the mobile phone, I found the music player's button controls to be confusing. The controls dont follow the standard convention and one has to get used to . Unlike the standard navigation pattern found in all MP3 players, the left and right keys represent Fast forward and Rewind skip functions. The Up and Down arrow keys represent Previous track and Next track.
Nokia's engineers should have considered the standard practice and 99 out of 100 people never use forward-skip or rewind-skip nowadays. That practice has gone since the cassette tapes are abandoned.
The image above shows the existing control-pattern (the first image) and suggested control-pattern (the second image). The suggestion pattern follows the standard conventions and implementing this pattern will help the users to enjoy the music experience.
- Rajesh Sundaram
Nokia's engineers should have considered the standard practice and 99 out of 100 people never use forward-skip or rewind-skip nowadays. That practice has gone since the cassette tapes are abandoned.
The image above shows the existing control-pattern (the first image) and suggested control-pattern (the second image). The suggestion pattern follows the standard conventions and implementing this pattern will help the users to enjoy the music experience.
- Rajesh Sundaram
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