IDblog ... an information design weblog

September 14, 2002
ID in the sky

I like Salon's Ask the pilot column because I have a fascination with flying, and particularly with large airplanes. How interesting that this week, columnist Patrick Smith turns out a treatise on usable design:

"With a pair of shears and common sense, a typical [preflight safety] briefing can be trimmed to about half its length with no sacrifice of information. The result is a cleaner oration that people will actually listen to."

I like the concept ... now if only the airlines would apply the same concept to their seats!

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