EmilyW.R09

The first graphic on this little chart of "how to" explanation graphics is, I hate to say it, a failure. Looking at it the first time I had no idea what it was trying to explain. I had to ask someone which I felt dumb about but I guess it's not really my fault is it? It's just a horrible way to explain hanging a picture. First of all, the first image we see, step one, has a red dotted line across the page to the 3rd step and our eye goes straight horizontally following the most distinct visual path to the next graphic not to mention that is the natural way we read so our eyes are already prone to go that way. After you realize that is the wrong order to look at the graphic you see the little arrow pointing down to step two. Then there is a little piece of paper that is thrown in there and little red marks that are used to measure the distance and it's just very confusing. If you look at it long enough you can get what the point is but it's definitely not clear.

The second bicycle graphic is not that hard to understand, however there are some things that could be improved on. We can assume the body should be in a 45 degree angle to the ground when seated on the bicycle and that the knee and the pedal should form a perpendicular line to the ground. The arrow that indicates 1" is confusing because it just points to the empty space between the two lines protruding from the seat and handle bars. It is not very hard to figure out that this means the seat must be an inch above the handle bars but it's not very clearly designed. Also the smaller bicycle graphic in the background has an arrow indicated 2" but it's hard to tell what measurement is the 2" based on what the arrow is pointing at. It just points at a line. Not the distance between the crotch and the bar that it is trying to denote.

The tobacco graphic and the baby diaper graphic seem fine to me. There is one point of confusion on the tobacco step two graphic where it shows the two arrows coming in a circular motion and then also to arrows going in the opposite direction horizontally to the roll. This kind of looks like they want you to rip it in half or something but then if you look at the next picture you can see it's not ripped in half.

The last graphic of the tire change is all kinds of wrong. The arrows are confusing, there are not enough steps to show this complicated process and this is a process that a lot of people do not know how to do, also one that needs to be done correctly otherwise you will have a very bad accident. I can't even begin to go into the details of everything that needs to be changed in this graphic.

Over all, these graphics for the most part can only be understood if you have done the task prior to seeing the instructions. There is just not enough information for someone who has never preformed these actions to be able to go from start to finish and come out with a successful product.