[LAD] A GUI request

[Thorsten Wilms]

On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 00:06:08 +0200
Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:

> Simple fact is that all popular GUI toolsets are targeted to developing 'office'
> or 'social' type of applications and completely fail to address the needs for
> anything outside that limited scope. There is much more to this than just the
> choice of colors. 

Indeed. It’s a shame, as office-type applications could benefit from
higher standards of providing information at a glance and efficient
means of control (even at the cost of being less obvious).


> I've been involved in creating displays used in aircraft cockpits and similar
> technical environments. Almost all of the 'standard' GUI design guidelines
> (as advocated by 'computer science' academics) have been shown to be either
> irrelevant or just plain wrong for such applications. That probably includes
> graphical interfaces for pro-audio systems. 

So far I thought the differences are all about much higher requirements
on readability at a glance and stableness. More contrast, avoiding
superfluous styling, no deep layering. Being able to rely on training
much more.

Fons, do you have examples of such guidelines that don‘t work for
cockpits, that may surprise the layman? 


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Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de>