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The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones

So interface itself can be discriminating? I remember a laptop facial recognition function wouldn’t work for African American people because their skin is darker.

“Matrix Communication Associates of Pittsburgh, for instance, is now marketing a package of African American computer graphics and has plans to market graphics packages that more adequately represent other ethnic groups as well.” But what would the differences be if it is design by Asian or White? I don’t understand.

Revise interface: something on-going.

Interface design: a best example would be the Wix website. It is a build your own free website that gives you all the tool you need without requiring you to know how to code. However, I find Wix to be annoying, complicated, heavy, confusing because it has many bugs, which aren’t fix even after several updates.  

I think that interface communication is best done by Japanese, their products/street signs/directions/recycle bins are super clear with color coded, pattern, and shape. It is an art.

I remember when I first work in McDonald’s, the cashier’s interface is horrible, it can have so many improvements. For example, the button for 1 apple pie has a picture of 2 pies on it. The list of item the customer ordered are not color coded and not bolded, it is just listed on the left side of the screen very packed, very hard to read.