I don't know anything about flight control panels, but UNIX (including Linux) has had a design akin to fraternity hazing from the beginning. There was always a right of passage associated with learning VI and EMACS for anyone who dared. I'm sure that has changed recently as GUI is a lot more common in UNIX systems. But back in the 80's when I started on computers in college on Sparcs & SunOS, it was common to see people flaunt w/ bravado their knowledge of VI and EMACS command line codes.
There are other examples though "in the wild" where we make things complicated, not so much as right of passage, or earning cred, but b/c of security reasons. We want to make something hard to learn so that not just anyone can do it. I've worked on a few projects in the financial community where this was the case. I've heard from stakeholders the exact quote, "Let's not make it too easy for them." I'm serious! No eTrade baby here, that's for sure! -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=28627 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
