The Bad-Designs Showcase

This is where you'll find the biggest collection of Bad Design examples from daily life!!!

The Bad Designs were collected over the years from the user submitted entries for the World Usability Day Contests under the name "Boycott Bad Designs".

Ticket Issuing Problems in City bus:

Praveen Kumar K, Hyderabad

The city buses are very crowded and it is very difficult for the ticket conductor to issue tickets in the city bus. Often you see the conductor pushing through the crowd to issue the tickets. In case of a lady conductor this becomes very difficult.

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2011 - 01.22.

Speed Breakers without any sign:

Praveen Kumar K, Hyderabad

There are lot of speed breakers on the city roads with absolutely no sign board or a color coding which highlights the existence of a speed breaker.

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2011 - 01.22.

Center Stand for Bikes:

Praveen Kumar K, Hyderabad

The Center stand for bikes are very close to the footrest. Hence to use the stand, we have to close the footrest every time. This causes unnecessary issues.

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2011 - 01.22.

turn-off a Bullet Enfield

G.Aarathi, Hyderabad

To turn-off a Bullet Enfield bike, we need to turn-off the ignition and the handle , similarly while starting the bike, ignition and handle must be turned-on which leads to the wastage of time.

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2011 - 01.22.

Poor Drainage System

Timmaraju Sri Manyu , Hyderabad.

Because of our poor drainage system the water gets loged on the roads, due to which the motorists and pedestrians face a big problem during rainy season.

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2011 - 01.22.

Invisible Option in Gtalk

Navya Chodisetti, Hyderabad

Gtalk doesnt have invisible option.

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2011 - 01.22.

Keypad in touch phones

Nidhi Jalwal, New Delhi

Keypad in touch phones are designed in a way to be used with a stylus not our fingers:
     Although a stylus is provided with the touch phones, it is not really designed in a way to sense the finger which is needed, thus finger having a higher surface area does not get well sensed sometimes.

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2011 - 01.22.

Picture Albumns in FaceBook

Nidhi Jalwal, New Delhi

Unknown people can see the entire picture album if his/her friend is tagged in even a single picture of that album:
    Anybody can access the entire photo album if any of his/her friend has been tagged in any photos of the same album.

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2011 - 01.22.
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