Flagrum Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 UX Design - User Interface Design. Can Boeing even ...? If I was to buy a new, would I consider Boeing as manufacturer/brand? NO. To me it seems apparent, that they can't design a proper user interface. My car would probably have nice cruise control ... but no accelerator pedal. You set the desired speed in a submenu of the board computer. The windshield wiper could only activated by the co-pil... from the passenger seat and navigation system would overlay 5 symbols of when/where/why to steer to. It would not provide a simple arrow, pointing into the right direction, but would provide just a steering cues that are unrelated to the actual orientation or direction of the car. *sigh* FA-18 - User Interface 6.5/10 AH-64 - User Interface: 5/10 F-16 - User Interface: 8.5/10 A-10 User Interface: 8/10 ... sorry, just had to let go of some steam ... ^^ (note: not complaining about what ED did - AWESOME job on those aircraft! But Boeing needs to hire some UX experts ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkateZilla Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 the Militaries from around the world would beg to differ. 1 Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeagle Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 I don't think they have all that much say Skate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilo Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 On 3/22/2022 at 12:21 AM, SkateZilla said: the Militaries from around the world would beg to differ. Well... The F-16 did fare a lot better on the export market. 1 Все буде добре Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBS17 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Boeing has a lot of technology that people are yet to see. [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilo Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 We can say that about practically every defence company, though. Все буде добре Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzLine Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Most of those airframes are 40-50 years old. Remember the computers of that time ! (for those who can ) We have the benefits of hindsight and decades of UI/UX research and testing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagrum Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 12 hours ago, BuzzLine said: Most of those airframes are 40-50 years old. Remember the computers of that time ! (for those who can ) We have the benefits of hindsight and decades of UI/UX research and testing. Yes, but other manufacturers found better solutions to similar problems. I mean, I get it, I am biased as I am more used to other interface concepts. And surely many design decisions were implemented with a sound reasoning behind it. But still, it's just the (accumulation) of little things that seem to make things unneccessarily difficult for the users at times ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottel Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 For exaample the AH-64D, in service since 1998, developed before. Our Apache In DCS its around 2005. Softwarewise this is like Windows 98, Windows NT 4. So there are alot of (overlapping) windows, tabs are used much later. Regarding the timeframe the software and the UI is not that bad. My cellphone or the VHS recorder had worse UI during that timeframe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXsenna Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 This reminds me of the old Windows vs Ford joke. Remember that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drPhibes Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/21/2022 at 11:17 PM, Flagrum said: UX Design - User Interface Design. Can Boeing even ...? If I was to buy a new, would I consider Boeing as manufacturer/brand? None of the examples you mentioned were developed by Boeing. Both the AH-64 and the F/A-18 were inherited from McDonnell-Douglas after the merger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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