Why does it take so long to get thru Starfleet academy?

[Huxter]

Because you have to take 2 years of button learning!

Can anyone tell me what any of these buttons do? Can you tell which is a button and which is an indicator? What does the panel on the left do? Right? Rocker panels? What are the different colors for? What station on the bridge do these panels belong to?
2 years minimum!




How 'bout flat inline panels, soft menus w descriptions, holographic menus...?

 

[smstachwick]

Because you have to take 2 years of button learning!

Can anyone tell me what any of these buttons do? Can you tell which is a button and which is an indicator? What does the panel on the left do? Right? Rocker panels? What are the different colors for? What station on the bridge do these panels belong to?
2 years minimum!


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How 'bout flat inline panels, soft menus w descriptions, holographic menus...?

No GUI interfaces. Looks good but is horribly out of date. Lipstick on a pig.

 

[justforfun]

In short, they do nothing.

Roy

 

[Steve Shannon]

And spelling!

 

[Markw]

The new control panels are capacitive touch screens.....

 

[cerving]

Apparently they didn't have a Hal 9000... they may have decided that certain functions were too important to leave to AI.

 

[Huxter]

The new control panels are capacitive touch screens.....

Is that what the shuttles glass cockpit were? They looked pretty usable/functional. SpaceX has all touchscreens I see.

 

[Huxter]

Apparently they didn't have a Hal 9000... they may have decided that certain functions were too important to leave to AI.

OR did they not realize how good AI was going to be? So manned stations were more important/used more?

 

[David Schwantz]

Those panels are for the science officer station on the original Enterprise with Cpt. Pike.

 

[BABAR]

Because you have to take 2 years of button learning!

Can anyone tell me what any of these buttons do? Can you tell which is a button and which is an indicator? What does the panel on the left do? Right? Rocker panels? What are the different colors for? What station on the bridge do these panels belong to?
2 years minimum!


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How 'bout flat inline panels, soft menus w descriptions, holographic menus...?

Given post title I was thinking it was because they had to review basic spelling, then I realized you are talking about a game

 

[Huxter]

Dang-it - I did not see the extra r in the title! (Fixed title) Not a game, but more a deep dislike of those controls. Makes me want to program the panels (ie ops panel) over again. Has anyone designed a better/functional interface to how the ship is controlled? Maybe in practice or functional? Maybe a top menu, navigation menu... maybe even w labels!