Knobology

1982, Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982, Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, U.S. Senate The proposed replacement of enroute computerized traffic control systems will undoubtedly confront the controller with a new "learning curve" to assimilate the different "knobology" and advanced display techniques.

Knobology directly relates to "KISS," the acronym for "keep it simple, stupid."

Micro-level guidelines are concerned with knobology and recommend specific button styles or control and indicator choices (to use LabVIEW terminology).

As a beginner, you should not try to learn all the fine points of “knobology” right away.

Leaders need to know more than the “knobology” of the new technology. They must understand the underlying technology’s principles...