Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 2nd May 2018

Dilbert//10609, first published eight years ago on Wednesday 2nd May 2018

Bad User Interface

Tags

user experience, interface, usability, menu, language

Official transcript

Dilbert: Customers are complaining because our user interface is confusing. For example, our menu choice for deleting a file is labeled "save file."

Boss: That's why we have a help menu. Dilbert: Our help menu is labeled "reformat hard drive."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CUSTOMERS ARE COMPLAINING BECAUSE OUR USER INTERFACE IS CONFUSING.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR MENU CHOICE FOR DELETING A FILE IS LABELED "SAVE FILE." THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A HELP MENU.

OUR HELP MENU IS LABELED "REFORMAT HARD DRIVE."

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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