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by esquivalience 978 days ago
This is Don Norman whose work led to the term a Norman Door. A push door which has a pullable handle on it tricks the user into thinking it's a pull door. Sure, you can just push it if you know; but good design should be intuitive without prior knowledge.
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To clarify, it's named after him, it's what he is criticizing, but he didn't invent the Norman Door".