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Re:How the design of a WWII plane led to the concept of user... by fouc on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:42PM (#23816371)
TL;DR: It didn't. Some guy realized customizing pilot cockpits would save lives. User Friendliness was thus discovered.
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Re:How the design of a WWII plane led to the concept of user... by mc32 on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:55PM (#23816448)
The connection is not tenuous.

Basically as you say planes were designed to be user friendly --vs insisting on the user/pilot becoming an expert. New recruits were given comparatively little training before going on missions. That same viewpoint was implemented in Macs where the computer accommodated the user rather than have a new user get to know arcane systems.

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