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Designing software for people who are not at a desk
Ramp conditions are the design constraint: gloves, glare, noise, time pressure and patchy connectivity.
Assume the connection will drop
Connectivity across an apron is unreliable. If the interface stops working when the signal does, people fall back to paper and the record is lost.
Density beats minimalism here
Consumer minimalism hides information behind taps. An operations interface should show the state of the movement at a glance, because the alternative is asking someone over the radio.