Re: Cash Machine interfaces

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From: Ann Barcomb
Subject: Re: Cash Machine interfaces
Date: 13:30 on 19 Aug 2004
Peter wrote:

> My ATM hate goes out to ATMs with touch screens and no "Did you really
> mean to hit the maximum-withdrawal button or was the screen just
> misaligned" check before dispensing enough cash to make an outstanding
> check bounce. There's a boatload of hatefulness in those things that's
> far worse than just having to hit one extra key.

I do wonder why they don't align them well.  Even without the touch
screen, with buttons on the side, they usually don't match the screen
exactly, and you need to start counting from the top or the bottom to
figure out which option you really want.

What I hate is the fact that most of them take so long to reset.  When
there's a long line it is stupid to make people wait half a minute after
the previous person has departed before accepting cards again.
There's stuff above here

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