The Boxer Usability Test

Created 2007-05-13T04:44:47.357Z, last edited 2007-05-13T04:44:47.451Z

Boxer shorts have a very simple interface. One hole at the front with some buttons, two larger holes for legs and one large opening at the top.

Simple as pie. And it isn't that I'm inexperienced at putting on underwear. I've done it way more than 10,000 times so far.

Yet.

Maybe three times a year1 I put my boxers on the wrong way round. Whatever is causing my usability problem it isn't a lack of experience with them.

The interface is simple and I like to think I'm a smart guy. And yet… Even so… Getting my boxers on the right way round each and every day defeats me. Not for the 99% of the days I get it right, but for the 3 days a year I get it wrong.