Feel the ship
Another gem from Star Trek Voyager about user interface design in a 1998 episode. This time pilot Tom Paris wants to feel the ship.
![Star Trek Voyager Tuvok pointing at shuttle knobs](/blog/feel-the-ship/star_trek_voyager_s05e03_extreme_risk_tuvok_pointing_at_analogic_controls.jpg)
Commander Tuvok and Lieutenant Paris are designing a new space shuttle craft. Tuvok warns about microfractures risks to the shuttle hull, and continues:
Tuvok: If we [have problems during flight], I suppose these useless design elements from your Captain Proton scenario will compensate for the problem?
Paris: Hey, every one of these knobs and levers is fully functional...
Tuvok: ...and completely superfluous.
Paris: Maybe to you! I am tired of tapping panels! For once I want controls that let me actually feel the ship I'm piloting!
![Star Trek Voyager shuttle knobs](/blog/feel-the-ship/star_trek_voyager_s05e03_extreme_risk_new_shuttle_controls.jpg)
Links
- Star Trek: Voyager. Extreme Risk (Wikipedia), 1998.