[HN Gopher] Ham Biscuit on (2021)
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       Ham Biscuit on (2021)
        
       Author : takiwatanga
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2022-04-09 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | karaterobot wrote:
       | Assuming he wants to redesign it within the same basic
       | constraints as the existing design, I would think that the
       | message should be "ham biscuits sold out" rather than "ham
       | biscuits available". That is, alert customers when you're sold
       | out rather than before. The green light seems easy to miss,
       | because green doesn't demand your attention as much as red does.
       | Plus, the green sign is an example of one of my favorite anti-
       | patterns, the "everything's okay!!!" alarm. Tell me when things
       | go wrong, not when everything is working as I already expect it
       | to.
        
         | joezydeco wrote:
         | You have a large flashing sign in someone's face and instead of
         | using that as a sales tool ("buy a ham biscuit!", aka "hot
         | donuts now!"), you're going to use it to tell them _bad_ news?
        
         | kcplate wrote:
         | A while back while on a business trip I stayed in hotel right
         | across the street from a 24 hour Krispy Kreme donut shop. Every
         | time their red neon "hot now" sign turned on it bathed my hotel
         | room in a red glow. I ate a ton of hot glazed donuts that trip.
         | Red works.
        
       | rzimmerman wrote:
       | I'd go with an always lit "HAM BISCUITS" and two signs below that
       | say "AVAILABLE" and "SOLD OUT", one lit and one dark, to be super
       | explicit.
       | 
       | The problem with a green sign is that it might not stand out
       | against a properly painted bike shed...
        
       | ggm wrote:
       | Red for danger green for go. Red and absence of red is the
       | problem if the language is colour then if needs to be tri-state:
       | Red:   danger       Green: go       Black: bulb fail or system
       | error
       | 
       | Colour choices are culturally defined.
        
       | buildsjets wrote:
       | At other franchises, this is a solved problem. Hot Donuts Now.
       | 
       | https://www.google.com/search?q=hot+donuts+now&client=safari...
        
       | mattstudio wrote:
       | His potential solution requires the customer to know that there
       | are two states to the sign. An unlit "Ham biscuits available"
       | with a white check next to it would be confusing to those able to
       | read it. Although the legibility would be lower it's not ideal.
        
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