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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=E2=80=99s 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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'66 MGB
> On Mar 10, 2020, at 12:57 PM, David Breneman via Mgs =
<mgs@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 12:02:31 PM PDT, Max Heim via Mgs =
<mgs@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> [About digital displays]
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> 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.
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>=20
> David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com
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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">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=E2=80=99s 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.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><div class=3D"">
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start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
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break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: =
after-white-space;" class=3D""><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); =
letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; =
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; =
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" =
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min-height: 16px;" class=3D"">Max Heim</div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; =
font-size: 13px;" class=3D"">'66 MGB</div></div></div>
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<br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Mar 10, 2020, at 12:57 PM, David Breneman via Mgs <<a =
href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; class=3D"">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><div class=3D"ydp7b3e685byahoo-style-wrap" =
style=3D"font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: =
13px;"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false" =
class=3D""><span class=3D"">On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 12:02:31 PM PDT, =
Max Heim via Mgs <<a href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" =
data-setdir=3D"false" class=3D""><span class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false" =
class=3D""><span class=3D"">[About digital displays]</span></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false" class=3D""><span class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false" =
class=3D""><span class=3D"">The Air Force did a study about this decades =
ago, and they found that</span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" =
data-setdir=3D"false" class=3D""><span class=3D"">the best way to convey =
information to a pilot was with a round gauge,</span></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false" class=3D""><span class=3D"">white on =
black printing, with the nominal value at the middle of =
the</span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false" class=3D""><span =
class=3D"">needle's travel, preferably 12:00 or 6:00, depending on =
orientation.</span></div><div dir=3D"ltr" data-setdir=3D"false" =
class=3D""><span class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"ydp7b3e685bsignature">David =
Breneman <a href=3D"mailto:david_breneman@yahoo.com"; =
class=3D"">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a></div></div>
<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><br =
class=3D""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br =
class=3D""></div></body></html>=
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