Alex Perry wrote: > On the 2D panel and the HUD, we already have visual control > feedback. On the 3D panel, we can replace the scale indicators with > a moving yoke.
Right, but in both 2D and 3D mode, the panel/HUD isn't guaranteed to be on the screen. They both disappear if you move your head far enough. In principle, it should always be possible for the pilot to tell where the controls are regardless of head position. In a real aircraft or under joystick control, this is imparted by the feel of hands and feet on the control devices. But mouse and keyboard control doesn't have such a mechanism. Norman's point was that this used to be implicit in the mouse cursor position, and it isn't any more. I tend to agree, although I'd like to see something like the current control position panel object appear in the corner of the screen instead, and disappear properly when mouse control is exited. Andy -- Andrew J. Ross NextBus Information Systems Senior Software Engineer Emeryville, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nextbus.com "Men go crazy in conflagrations. They only get better one by one." - Sting (misquoted) _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
