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When Dullscreen is Too Dull

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Abstract

Dullscreen as an interface design concept suggests minimizing colors to avoid interface confusion and clutter. Dullscreen designs have been applied in several of the author’s efforts to modernize legacy control rooms in nuclear power plants with digital upgrades. A study on system overviews revealed an unexpected finding. One set of screens followed a vendor’s human-computer interface style guide, which featured a series of colorful elements on the screens. Another set of screens followed an in-house style guide that adhered to dullscreen principles. The discovery that the colorful elements were more visually salient, especially when seen across the control room, pointed to a need to reconsider strict adherence to dullscreen design principles.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Systems Engineering - Proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Virtual Conferences on Human Factors in Software and Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing, and Energy, 2021
EditorsTareq Z. Ahram, Waldemar Karwowski, Jay Kalra
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages493-501
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030806231
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
EventAHFE Conferences on Human Factors in Software and Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing, and Energy, 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Jul 25 2021Jul 29 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume271
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

ConferenceAHFE Conferences on Human Factors in Software and Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Social Computing, and Energy, 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period07/25/2107/29/21

Keywords

  • Color saliency
  • Control room
  • Dullscreen design
  • Human-computer interface
  • System overviews

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