EXIT DOOR ALARM. EXIT DOOR

Exit Door Alarm. Security Color Camera.

Exit Door Alarm

exit door

A door typically used as a means of egress in an emergency.
As opposed to the main door where you enter and exit the plane, exit doors are full-sized doors usually located in the middle and rear of an aircraft and reserved for emergencies.
A full-sized exit door just (just like the one you use to board and de-plane entered the plane). An emergency slide is often packed into the door and creates a bulge on the interior of the plane.

alarm

A warning of danger
dismay: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; “I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview”; “The news of the executions horrified us”
A warning sound or device
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
An anxious awareness of danger
fear resulting from the awareness of danger

UX Nightmares #0001: Exit Crisis

This is the door release to get out of the secure roof complex at Perspectives (a block of flats in Cape Town).

You have to applaud the lovely clear signage instructing you what to do to get out:
TO EXIT PRESS WHITE BUTTON.

The choice of ‘white button’, however, leaves a lot to be desired. Instead of a nice plain white button, a white button with ‘EMERGENCY’ written on it in red type was used. These buttons are commonly used as part of domestic alarm systems.

The user is left wondering if they will trigger the building’s alarm systems, often searching the vicinity to see if there is a more appropriate-looking white button somewhere before finally taking the plunge and pressing the emergency button.

The placement of an ‘emergency door release’ just beneath only adds to the confusion.

The Back Door (72/365)

March 13th, 2011

This is the back door to our dorm. An alarm goes off if you exit it from 12-7am.