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Re:Fighter pilot breaks down every button in an F-15 cockpit... by gukov on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @08:31PM (#23708569)
How many different fighter plane cockpit UI's were built up until now? Hundreds? Thousands? Compare that to millions of websites that are used by millions every second. I'm not sure if lack of refinement is at play here.
Re:Fighter pilot breaks down every button in an F-15 cockpit... by maroonblazer on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @09:29PM (#23708996)
Sure, but the audience and use cases for the fighter plane cockpit are much more narrowly scoped than that of all the websites that have ever been created.
Re:Fighter pilot breaks down every button in an F-15 cockpit... by bravoetch on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:04AM (#23710168)
The difference is that websites are not built for the end user, they are built to exploit them. I can buy a top tier Nikon camera and the UI is similar to the fighter jet, all buttons external, high quality, tactile, built for thousands of daily operations.
Re:Fighter pilot breaks down every button in an F-15 cockpit... by xtiansimon on Saturday July 04, 2020 @12:56PM (#23733480)
> "... they are built to exploit them."

Just a little riff on exploitation--

Banking sites need to provide the necessary and sufficient data about your balance and transactions.

To some degree ecommerce sites need to deliver on your expectation. If a site tricked you to buy something you didn't like, you wouldn't return.

Re:Fighter pilot breaks down every button in an F-15 cockpit... by gukov on Friday July 03, 2020 @06:51PM (#23728308)
Regardless of the end goal, shouldn't millions of something result in greater refinement? Of course, an argument can always be made that sites are not refined on purpose to confuse the end user. But, then again, there's also a good portion of websites that are not trying to con the user.
Re:Fighter pilot breaks down every button in an F-15 cockpit... by opnitro on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @11:23PM (#23709642)
And bigger penalties when you get it wrong.