Why is the self destruct button next to the add 30 seconds button? Which button do I press to connect the wireless printer to the laptop? Nonono &/@% I just turned off the artificial gravity. Is that bad? Oh ^*%%,
%*^^%, *^^%^….
The title is funny too. I’m going to start skipping the titles on Monday and Wednesday and save them up to read on Tuesday and Thursday when there’s no strip anymore.
These Sci-Fi movies you are referring to are a bit older, aren’t they?
Nowadays things are either operated by one single button with several gazillion menus, submenus and dialogs to choose from – or things are operated by speech.
Too bad, if the operating language is set to Gythorkian, though. I wonder how Siri would be called in Gythorkian…
They’re actually all labeled, but the text is just very tiny. Your burrito guy forgot to put on his super-vision glasses. This isn’t even a futuristic thing; I already have this problem today.
As an aside, very poor design (like putting the photon torpedo button right next to the microwave button) is *also* a real thing, not just in computer software but everywhere. An alarm clock with the snooze button right next to the radio button? A stove with burners in the corners but controls in a straight line? A bank of glass doors with no idea how/where to push/pull? It should be *obvious* which is the snooze button, which knob controls which burners, or where to push/pull on those glass doors. Having to use labels (a door that has say “push”? really?) indicates failure of the original design.
If Bug accidentally attacked the Ambassador while trying to use the microwave oven, I guess you could call it…
*puts on sunglasses*
…a micro agression…
When you are not orbiting the sun they are probably not called sunglasses.
Starglasses. Even better.
Why is the self destruct button next to the add 30 seconds button? Which button do I press to connect the wireless printer to the laptop? Nonono &/@% I just turned off the artificial gravity. Is that bad? Oh ^*%%,
%*^^%, *^^%^….
The title is funny too. I’m going to start skipping the titles on Monday and Wednesday and save them up to read on Tuesday and Thursday when there’s no strip anymore.
I think I have no life.
These Sci-Fi movies you are referring to are a bit older, aren’t they?
Nowadays things are either operated by one single button with several gazillion menus, submenus and dialogs to choose from – or things are operated by speech.
Too bad, if the operating language is set to Gythorkian, though. I wonder how Siri would be called in Gythorkian…
They’re actually all labeled, but the text is just very tiny. Your burrito guy forgot to put on his super-vision glasses. This isn’t even a futuristic thing; I already have this problem today.
As an aside, very poor design (like putting the photon torpedo button right next to the microwave button) is *also* a real thing, not just in computer software but everywhere. An alarm clock with the snooze button right next to the radio button? A stove with burners in the corners but controls in a straight line? A bank of glass doors with no idea how/where to push/pull? It should be *obvious* which is the snooze button, which knob controls which burners, or where to push/pull on those glass doors. Having to use labels (a door that has say “push”? really?) indicates failure of the original design.
P.S. Love your hoopy clothes fashions.
The first episode of Futurama actually had a joke where Fry tried to get the ship to take off but ended up making a coffee.
Reminded me of ‘Lifted’ by Pixar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTBkcY5S-08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1CxlyMoFRs
“The computers took over long ago, we just gave people random buttons to push so they wouldn’t get suspicious”
Even worse, the Gythorkian word for “settings” is “fire”.
Eh, those Gythorkians probably had it coming anyway.
A label maker won’t even solve the problem. Have you ever tried putting a label on a button without pressing it? It’s almost impossible.
That’s why you put it next to the button, silly
Oh. Wow, I didn’t even think of that. Kudos!