I work in this industry and there are a lot of bad UI choices all around. The picture of the California board looks like a good example and uncluttered. They have the budget out there to do that.
It doesn't have to be this way. There are standards for high performance HMI design where nothing is colored in unless it is an alarm condition.
I usually have to end up designing things the "bad way" because of customer expectation/demand. Some guy designed a screen back in 1989 and that became what they expect.
It doesn't have to be this way. There are standards for high performance HMI design where nothing is colored in unless it is an alarm condition.
I usually have to end up designing things the "bad way" because of customer expectation/demand. Some guy designed a screen back in 1989 and that became what they expect.