Which Button Should I Press?
A study in confusing interface design
Inspired by real-world UI disasters
Elevator Control Panel
CALL IS BEING PLACED
CALL ANSWERED
PLATFORM
⠏⠇⠁⠞⠋⠕⠗⠍
PUSH FOR HELP
⠏⠥⠎⠓ ⠓⠑⠇⠏
OL-ASQ-EL-011
OFF
ACCESS
🤔 User Challenge
What do you think the PLATFORM button does?
Call Elevator
Emergency Stop
Select Floor
Nobody Knows
Question 1 of 3
🤔 Confusion Meter
Users confused: 94.7%
Correct guesses: 12.3%
Gave up: 67.2%