User Experiences Practice: Digital Clock and Analog Clock

Getting to know user experience in daily life is unique. You may know a lot about things you used, but you may not know why that thing works for it.

The metaphor happens like our life: we tend to do something without getting to know what the intention is, but we do it because everyone does.

Unconsciously, we have done that: people did know what things were, but people didn’t fully understand the functions,what things are for. But if we are keen enough to seek more: what we see, we sense, and what we feel it’s like there is a patch that is opened in our eyes.

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It happens to me yesterday morning. I was getting ready to work: I went to the bathroom and I saw a clock in there. Yes, my mom put a clock in the bathroom to tells everyone in the bathroom how long did our stay in there 😂

Before that, I saw my digital clock on my phone when I was still in bed and it feels like “Nah 5 minutes more” and I slept again. But, at the same time when I was looking at the analog clock in the bathroom, I suddenly realize two things: “Oh no, I’m getting late.” and “Why did I felt differently to these clocks which actually perform the same function?”

Then I noticed that what I feel when seeing the digital clock is so different compared to the analog ones. In my opinion, the numeric signs on the analog clock depict more clearly about the estimation of the next hours, minutes, and seconds. It makes me paying more attention to my future prediction of what should I do in the next minutes or even hours. Different than the analog clock, the precise numbers on the digital clock only show what it is at that time. Yes, you can make your prediction in digital clock, but could you feel the difference that I’m going to say?

I thought that digital analog is simpler and because of that, I felt like “Nah I still have more minutes.” but the reality slapped me with the analog clock when I realized 5 minutes were so important and I would be late if I don’t move faster.

Conclusion: When you’re “getting lazy” in the morning instead of looking at your digital clock, look at an analog clock that depicts you the importance of your time in the morning. *lol* kidding!

The key is to see, sense, and feel!

Because of the user interfaces on the digital clock, we see it more dashing and simpler. It experiences us to feel and sense: “we can get what we had in a simple way.”
But the other function in the analog clock tells us the usability of it giving us more option: Yes, you rather see it more conventional but it easier (for me) to analyze and predict because of the optional number that is given to the interface.
For explanation:
It’s easier for me to calculate my prediction when managing time, because the interface of analog clock: second, minute, and hour are shown on it. Also, the clockwise illustrates how the time works in the basic comprehension.

I know it may apply differently to you. But what is your opinion? Get it on the comment section and let us discuss it!

Conclusion

User experiences are closer than we thought! Be random and imagine out how this or that thing is effective, may work to help us to think how our product may be more functional and works more effective!

To see, to sense, and to feel.

These are like my practices to become more keenly about how and why we do what we doings, especially in product function perspective. And I think it could be implement for you guys 😀
It may starts with our daily life: what we used in the morning could be your first step. And the more important thing is: be curious!

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Freddy Albert Sanjaya

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UX UI Enthusiast // A lifelong learner

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