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yes, thanks for your reply. It's why I asked my question that way (Chesteron's fence etc). Would it be possible to display that same information using a traffi
by rangibaby 9y ago
yes, thanks for your reply. It's why I asked my question that way (Chesteron's fence etc).
Would it be possible to display that same information using a traffic light system?
(Red=Immediate action required, Yellow=keep an eye on this, Green decaying to grey=something that changed (eg AP OFF green then turns gray after 10 seconds or so). It would need to be applied with discipline to avoid every single piece of information being red and hence useless. (cf phone notifications or people who click OK to every dialog box).
Information overload / fatigue is a real thing and something designers need to concentrate on more, the ugly brother of "minimalism" which looks pretty but is frustratingly useless.
- btgeekboy 9y agoA little late getting back to this (was away from HN this weekend), but some things do use color changes and background changes to alert the user. There's also audio tones for various things, like the autopilot being disabled (regardless of whether the computer or user disabled it). The actual sounds depend on the features installed; a GFC700 autopilot has different sounds and alerts than a KAP140. If you're interested in human factors in aviation, there's a lot of work being done out there in the field. A friend of mine is actually working on an MS in Human Factors at ERAU.