Usability Joke
Posted on January 31st, 2006 in Usability | 46 Comments »
From Szuc & Gaffney:
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They’re too busy complaining about the door knob.
Can you do better?
From Szuc & Gaffney:
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They’re too busy complaining about the door knob.
Can you do better?
46 Responses
LOL, thats great;)
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That describes me! Just recently I was too busy complaining about the poor time-setting interface on my answering machine to just think. I was complaining that the arrows for skip/rewind or volume up/down should have been used instead of the less efficient single “Change” button since it could only go forward and you had to cycle all the way through all the settings. It may have been inefficient and non-intuitive, but at least the thing was labeled well!
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: How many would you expect?
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They only make recommendations about how you should change the light bulb.
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: It Depends.
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Four and a random third person. One to complain about the bulb, one to complain about the light-holder, one to complain about the way the bulb has to be changed and one to write a note stating how the next person entering the room should change the light-holder, which bulb to use and how it should be done.
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Maybe if we go in as a group, we can get the discounted rate of $279 and download the PDF of Jakob Nielsen’s report on light bulbs. I don’t think we should do anything until then.
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. We’ve never needed them before and things have turned out ok.
Very, very good … LOL!
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. If you change the bulb or they’ll see through the mirror…
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Usability? Can someone define that please?
My variation on Chris Tubb’s joke:
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Null result. They keep smacking into the one way mirror like birds.
I have this vision in my mind that looks very much like one of Gary Larson’s Far Side one panel comics. Smack!
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Having even one usability person change the light bulb would be better than remaining completely in the dark.
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Are we asking the right question here? Let’s revisit the assumption that light is desirable.
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Well, it just happens that we’re giving a one-day workshop on just this topic with some of the world’s most renowned experts in usable light bulb changing…
[...] The first usability joke was quite popular. Let’s give it another try! [...]
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: It will never happen, because no one would dare change the bulb when the light switch is in an indeterminate state.
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: To change the light bulb this late in the development process is too expensive. If we’d only known we needed to change it, we would’ve done it much earlier. Maybe for the next release.
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. It’s been replaced with a skylight.
Usability light bulb jokes
John Rhodes of Webword found this fantastic lightbulb joke from Szuc & Gaffney:
Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They’re too busy complaining about the door knob.
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That was funny and comments were even funnier but seriously there are people like that. So much so it is not finny but sad and irritating.
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one to complain about the way the bulb has to be changed and one to write a note stating how the next person entering the room should change the light-holder, which bulb to use and how it should be done.
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Q: How many usability people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Four and a random third person. One to complain about the bulb, one to complain about the light-holder, one to complain about the way the bulb has to be changed and one to write a not…
Q: How many usability consultants does it take to change a uv light bulb?
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