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Old October 24th 06, 04:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
Jose[_1_]
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What I was trying to get at was that indeed many people
complain about very complex things being, well, complex.


The problem is when things are =unnecessarily= complex. This often
results from attempting to impose an inappropriate paradigm on the user
interface, or from some limitations on the hardware, or from an
ill-conceived idea of what "complex" means. (I have an answering
machine that has just one button. It is a pain in the ass to use. The
one that has ten buttons is lots simpler. Each button does one thing.

Jose
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Old October 24th 06, 05:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
Sam Spade
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Jose wrote:
What I was trying to get at was that indeed many people complain about
very complex things being, well, complex.



The problem is when things are =unnecessarily= complex. This often
results from attempting to impose an inappropriate paradigm on the user
interface, or from some limitations on the hardware, or from an
ill-conceived idea of what "complex" means. (I have an answering
machine that has just one button. It is a pain in the ass to use. The
one that has ten buttons is lots simpler. Each button does one thing.

Jose


Panel mount navigators are actually much more complex (and far less
capable) than FMS/LNAV systems on high-end biz jets and modern
airliners. This is the result of cost and panel space limitations in
small, light aircraft.
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Old October 25th 06, 08:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
Thomas Borchert
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Jose,

The problem is when things are =unnecessarily= complex.


True.

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