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As a junior systems engineer, I thought touchscreens and iPhone-like animations would be really neat, and give pilots more context, for helicopter GUIs. My seni
by karmelapple 4y ago
As a junior systems engineer, I thought touchscreens and iPhone-like animations would be really neat, and give pilots more context, for helicopter GUIs. My senior human factors engineer told me no way. I begrudgingly agreed.
Then I tried riding in a helicopter. Oh my gosh my eyes were opened. Real buttons. No animation. Everything else is vibrating and busy enough already.
Human factors engineers working on airplanes and helicopters have known touchscreens aren’t good for this for decades.
- croes 4y agoTouchscreens always require eye contact, knobs don't. Ever used a remote control with touchscreen instead of buttons?
- karmelapple 4y agoApple TV tactile remote that ships with it, vs the simulated one you can use on an iPhone. One requires no looking, one totally requires it. I hope for tactile screens in the future, something I tried designing into a hardware prototype over 10 years ago for an Android phablet prototype to be used in scenarios to enable not looking at the touchscreen. I’m honestly still amazed tactile affordances in some way haven’t made it to the mass market yet.