[Mgs] Ridiculous nw cars

Max Heim mvheim at sonic.net
Tue Mar 10 15:45:07 MDT 2020


Yes, actually, the authority on this topic is the study done for the US military in the 40s. They were in a position where they had to train millions of raw recruits in a short period of time, on unfamiliar equipment. So they wanted to institute consistent controls across all the equipment, because of the rapid turnover of technologies in wartime, and the dozens of different manufacturers of aircraft, tanks and vehicles. Plus, they knew this equipment would be operated under stress (that’s an understatement) and in poor weather and lighting conditions. Pretty much every one of their recommendations is still valid; unfortunately, modern designers trained on onscreen apps feel they can reinvent the wheel at will without considering any of these factors.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB

> On Mar 10, 2020, at 12:57 PM, David Breneman via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 12:02:31 PM PDT, Max Heim via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> [About digital displays]
> 
> The Air Force did a study about this decades ago, and they found that
> the best way to convey information to a pilot was with a round gauge,
> white on black printing, with the nominal value at the middle of the
> needle's travel, preferably 12:00 or 6:00, depending on orientation.
> 
> 
> David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com
> 
> 

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