Re: Left handed MetCards

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

In 1997, Mars Confectionery produced a left-handed version of Mars Bars;
the product was no longer available after April.
Perhaps metcard could be produced in a right-handed version.

Reuben has highlight yet another aspect of the shoddy design of Melbourne's
metcard system.  This sort of fault should be eradicated during small-scale
prototyping.

Alternatively, readers should be designed to allow any orientation of
insertion.

If the card is placed face up in the plastic window of most wallets, it
will be gripped the wrong way for correct insertion.

-- 
Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Daniel Bowen <dbowen@custard.net.#SPAMTRAP#.au> wrote in article
<6jk1r0$nq2$3@eplet.mira.net.au>...
> "Reuben Farrelly" <reubie@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> >Does anyone know if MetCard was designed to be used especially by left
> >handed people or not - as a right handed person, when I take my MetCard
out
> >of my wallet I have to mess about and turn it around 180 deg. as the
strip
> >goes in right side first...great for people who are in a hurry or have
their
> >hands otherwise full :)
> 
> No way was it designed for left handers. You don't know how awkward it is
when
> carrying something to pull the Metcard out of your wallet and then have
to swap
> it to the right hand to get through a station barrier!