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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Agreed.
I think much of Jobs wisdom came from his adoption and adherence to the Human Interface Doctrine.
Nearly everyone else creates technology that people need to learn / be taught how to use....
Personally I think Jobs would have **** all over removing the headphone jack. It's not a better UX.
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Excellent post. I had the opportunity to be involved in a number of "crew station working groups" the past 30 years, both as a Navy flight test guy, program manager and commercial UAS developer.
User Interface is everything. I could write a book.
Quick Sea Story.
The Saudi's were interested in buying one of the UAS I was managing, Fire Scout. I flew over to Riyadh and briefed the heads of the Saudi Navy and Army. They were very interested in the capability of the UAS...but they had a very hard time believing the Fire Scout wasn't "piloted" from the ground control station, rather it was controlled by a series of commands: The aircraft figured out the rest...we called it "fly by mouse".
I had videos, pictures, etc. but the head of the Saudi Navy in particular was doubtful.
"If this is true, it solves our biggest problem: Pilots. We as a country don't often produce the skills required to be a pilot and when we do they immediately leave for the airlines..."
I was there with the USN Admiral in charge of Foreign Military Sales and during a break I asked him, since he clearly thought I was trying to fool him, if I could have the Saudi's come to the US for a demonstration?
The Admiral agreed and two weeks later the Saudi contingent arrived (the head of the Saudi Navy in particular) for an extensive demo.
I had the Saudi Admiral sit in the GCS, which had windows so he was looking right at the Fire Scouts.
"Hit the launch button"
He does and Fire Scout lifted into a hover.
"Now hit the programmed route"
Fire Scout nosed over, added power, accelerated and climbed, ever faithful to the programmed route.
"Now click on Return and Land"
You guys know the rest.
UX was as much the revolution world wide as was the underlying technology.
Sorry for the hijack.