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      03-22-2006, 07:23 PM   #103
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Originally Posted by ed328ci
Funny that you mentioned fighter jets. Looking at pictures of the multi-function displays in fighter cockpits, one will see buttons lined up around the each screen. Why? Because in combat, going through nested menus to get to the function you need, means that you will either go home in a CSAR helicopter, or in a box.

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Also note that when Southwest and many other airlines order their new Boeing commercial jets they have the flat panel displays reprogrammed to project traditional ROUND gauges with needles rather than bar graphs because research has shown that the brain takes in info and reacts quicker to round gauges than bar graphs along with a lot of good ole buttons...



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