> I meant that in aerospace applications UI is mission critical too. It is, but usability of the UI is mission critical as well. The humans in the capsule need

> I meant that in aerospace applications UI is mission critical too. It is, but usability of the UI is mission critical as well. The humans in the capsule need to be able to quickly and effectively consume information in a way that doesn't make important facts hard to get at, and then quickly and effectively perform commands to address issues. I don't think a touch GUI is a bad choice in this regard, and if I'm building a touch GUI I'd rather use some existing framework. My personal choice would've been something like Gtk or Qt though :)