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The testing bit is kind of huge. With most computer UI usability is fairly easy to test and, obviously, failures far less consequential. I also wonder if the
by mikeryan 4y ago
The testing bit is kind of huge. With most computer UI usability is fairly easy to test and, obviously, failures far less consequential.
I also wonder if the builder also made a faulty assumption that the plane would be flown mostly by experienced pilots in which case they may not have done a great job anticipating edge cases.
- JohnFen 4y ago> With most computer UI usability is fairly easy to test If that's the case, why are computer user interfaces generally so bad?
- srehell 4y agoBecause a ton of software shops don't care about UI testing. They don't budget time or money for it, or they don't even know they need to be doing it.
- dfxm12 4y agoSome user interfaces are bad by design, ala dark patterns.
- mikeryan 4y agoI probably answered that in my second bit. There’s little (perceived) downside risk in “bad” UI. So not enough people do it. I don’t think it’s a fluke that a lot of site optimization tools are focused at e-commerce apps and sites where the stakes are a bit more tangible.
- Damogran6 4y agoJohn Denver WAS an experienced pilot. Experience can only go so far to make up for the unexpected.
- mikeryan 4y agoTrue, that being said though, he had only gotten the plane the day before and practiced a few touch and go landings with it when he got it. This was his first "real" flight in this plane.
- chmod775 4y agoSo how is anyone supposed to gain experience in a kitplane that kills the inexperienced?
- Nevermark 4y agoOnly fly planes you have flown before? At college one professor used a particular engineering class to weed out students from the engineering program. He intentionally made it so challenging it was considered its own prerequisite. I found the practice abhorrent even in that context.
- chmod775 4y ago> Only fly planes you have flown before? Come on. I can hardly make the problem more obvious, but I'll try: If people did that, nobody would fly any plane ever. You have to fly for the first time at some point. When there's no simulators or co-pilot seats like for the kit plane in question, you literally have no other way to gain experience. This is the equivalent of job offers asking for 10 years experience in a technology that's barely a few months old.