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by psimyn 3535 days ago
Any suggested resources for learning about these kind of interfaces?
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I don't. And a quick Googling of "usability design for mission-critical systems" didn't come up with much. But here's some of the salient points I have learned:

1. Minimize different fonts and colors. Perhaps three fonts and 8 colors (and I don't mean font families)

2. Screen should be intelligible from 5 feet away

3. No "chart junk" or equivalent [1]

4. Dark grey backgrounds (very dark grey is superior to black)

You will find those characteristics to be true in the systems I mentioned.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartjunk