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This is a good one, and also what airplanes do[1]. These problems are solved by people who care a lot about usability, but computer people are slow to pick up t

• pjot 3y ago
  My table saw has this as well. A green and red light, both with off/steady/blink states that indicates information about the blade and safety system.
  • bqmjjx0kac 3y ago
    Mine has this as well! I like the UX, but it's also kind of crazy that they didn't think about red/green colorblind users.
    • thr33 3y ago
      colorblindness would have no effect on this ux pattern
      • bqmjjx0kac 3y ago
        Okay
    • kqr 3y ago
      Are they incandescent or LED? Until recently red and green were the only LEDs possible and some industries move slowly on such things.
  • 1-more 3y ago
    God are they ever nice saws too. Good for you big dog.
• Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
  > computer people are slow to pick up this sort of stuff from other fields Because computer people aren't optimizing for functionality, intuitiveness, or really any sort of UX. They're optimizing for some idea of "beauty" and whatever is trendy.
  • mattmaroon 3y ago
    And you don’t die if your mute switch is in the wrong position at the wrong time.
    • wruza 3y ago
      Users may disagree.
      • mattmaroon 3y ago
        Users who survived being unmuted.
• sumtechguy 3y ago
  The real pain is this WAS a solved problem in computers too. Almost all of the GUI OS's had a style guide. Usually 2-3 pages at most (usually smaller) and fairly easy to follow. Then everyone went bonkers and wanted to make their own. Then dump that all into one desktop and good luck... Every app is special.
  • armchair_expert 3y ago
    I blame Microsoft for this. They release a completely new UI framework every 5 years, completely abandoning the old ones. The design is outdated and boring. The XAML based UI frameworks look terrible if you use the default settings, and force you to customize. It's great that it's easy to create custom UIs, but terrible for consistency between apps. On the Apple side, things look a lot better. They were able to keep most apps using the native UI.
    • sumtechguy 3y ago
      Apple was just as bad. :( They switched at least 5 times in the early 2000s. Like you point out though they finally seemed to have calmed down. MS had it in the bag too! Everyone wanted that 'sticker'. If you didnt have it almost no one would put your software on the shelf. To get that sticker you had to pass their usability tests that followed their style guide. Then they did like you said and switched it at least 2 times ever OS release. Plus the web got in there and there were almost zero standards there. So we ended up with dozenes of framerworks that 'do it for you' and those have at least 3-5 generations of goop.