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Posting Date: May 03, 2002
 

Toilet Paper Algorithms (Don Norman) -- "The real problem is, of course, in the design of the toilet paper holders. Instead of a dual-roll holder where both rolls are equally available, the holder should enforce a serial constraint: the second roll should not be available until the first is depleted."

 

  

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"When we remodeled our home, we decided to install a dual toilet-tissue holder."

And so begins Don's article. Seems that Don made the design mistake of installing a poorly designed toilet-tissue holder, then wrote about it. So much for Don's ability to identify good and bad design before purchasing the product in question...

Posted by: Ron Zeno on May 8, 2002 12:42 PM

 

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