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Had to share this UX anecdote. My first job out of school was creating a "browser" for nuclear power plants. This is 1989. There were no mice. Just a dedicated
by intrasight 6y ago
Had to share this UX anecdote. My first job out of school was creating a "browser" for nuclear power plants.
This is 1989. There were no mice. Just a dedicated custom expensive lit keyboard. Probably cost a few thousand at that time.
This guy is in front of a more modern incantation. Ours had no joysticks - just arrow keys.
https://www.alamy.com/control-room-of-nuclear-power-generating-plant-image1655240.html https://www.alamy.com/control-room-of-nuclear-power-generati...
One of the older engineers explained that the key labeled "Run" used to be labeled "Execute". But apparently after a near fatal accident, management decided to change the label.