Comments on: Simple things http://usabilitythoughts.com/simple-things.html content meets user Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:14:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JC http://usabilitythoughts.com/simple-things.html/comment-page-1#comment-3687 JC Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:08:03 +0000 http://usabilitythoughts.com/?p=187#comment-3687 It isn't a problem here in the USA. The bathroom switches are inside of the bathroom. If you're in the bathroom looking at the door, you'll find that the switch is pretty much always on the wall next to the door knob, but at standard switch height (about 8 - 12 inches higher than the door knob). Therefore it is always easy to find, and as Terry noted, you turn the light on as you enter and turn it off as you leave, so there is no problem to be solved here. It's the same sort of setup for pretty much every room, and for the main entry into houses themselves. Switches are always on the inside. It isn’t a problem here in the USA. The bathroom switches are inside of the bathroom. If you’re in the bathroom looking at the door, you’ll find that the switch is pretty much always on the wall next to the door knob, but at standard switch height (about 8 – 12 inches higher than the door knob).

Therefore it is always easy to find, and as Terry noted, you turn the light on as you enter and turn it off as you leave, so there is no problem to be solved here.

It’s the same sort of setup for pretty much every room, and for the main entry into houses themselves. Switches are always on the inside.

]]> By: Terry http://usabilitythoughts.com/simple-things.html/comment-page-1#comment-3685 Terry Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:09:28 +0000 http://usabilitythoughts.com/?p=187#comment-3685 In Europe it is a little different than the US. In the US, you turn the light switch "on" as you enter the bathroom (because the switch is located right on the wall, INSIDE the door). When you exit the bathroom, you turn the switch "off". That way, the light is only on when someone is using, or inside, the bathroom. At all other times, the bathroom light is off...unless of course, you want to waste electricity! In Europe it is a little different than the US. In the US, you turn the light switch “on” as you enter the bathroom (because the switch is located right on the wall, INSIDE the door).

When you exit the bathroom, you turn the switch “off”. That way, the light is only on when someone is using, or inside, the bathroom. At all other times, the bathroom light is off…unless of course, you want to waste electricity!

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