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Ask how the US Navy thought touchscreens were a good idea for steering warships? Sometimes people don't think decisions through and just got with the bling and
by thereddaikon 4y ago
Ask how the US Navy thought touchscreens were a good idea for steering warships? Sometimes people don't think decisions through and just got with the bling and institutional momentum makes it hard to change.
Mercedes old layout way great and a good example of a well thought out analog interface.
- dotopotoro 4y agoFor ship, there is probable benefit (tradeoff) of making backup bridge easy - theoretically just a bunch of tablets.
- lolinder 4y ago"Fast" for a warship is 50 mph, they're in theory piloted by a few well-trained sailors, and they're doing that mostly on the open ocean with very few obstacles. In retrospect touch screens were still a bad idea, but they're less glaringly so in that context than in the millions of consumer vehicles being driven by largely untrained citizens at 80 mph in thick traffic.