Wayne, I have it!! Buy the rights to the Kenwood TS990 front panel. There are enough buttons and displays to make anybody happy. Gee Whiz
George,W6GF Sent from my iPad > On Feb 18, 2015, at 8:29 AM, Phil Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: > > The fact that the K3 has the blessings of Cognitive Science is most > reassuring, Wayne. :-) > > Phil W7OX > >> On 2/18/15 8:00 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> User interface design is often called upon to make up for human failings. We >> get distracted, we forget, we have trouble breaking bad habits, we easily >> acquire new ones. This is true no matter how much training we have. The >> designer tries to take such issues into account up front, but sometimes we >> find out later and make adjustments. >> >> My cognitive science professor, Don Norman, put a heavy emphasis on >> embedding knowledge "in the world." Signs and indicators need to be as >> unambiguous as possible to help those of us who can't or won't pay >> attention. Ideally the indications are intuitive, so users adapt to them >> easily and don't feel oppressed by them. That distinction is in play here. >> And while I'd love to add a dozen more LEDs, a klaxon horn, and a Van de >> Graf generator to the K3's user interface, we have to work within the limits >> of the existing hardware. >> >> Providing an optional means of reinforcing split/non-split state is in the >> tradition of design iteration -- using feedback about real errors that >> people make, then minimizing them. That's why we're having this conversation. >> >> Wayne >> N6KR > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
