Re: touchscreen
You basically read my thoughts. I have both designed software systems for use on (large) vessels and have merchant navy experience (as well as airline flying).
My systems were keyboard and mouse operated, and as a development director a lot of the time was spent thinking: right, that icon looks super nice there but how usable is that going to be in a force 8+ with a seasick operator?
You can still have pretty icons and whatnot, and touchscreen / mouse operation, which is nice when the weather's calm, but you also need to a) make sure there's an alternative method of operation such as keyboard (knobs are not that good either when you're basically holding onto them to stop you sliding across the bridge) and b) ensure that the point and click methods are not going to get in the way when the weather's rough (the typical example is disabling KDE's push corner to present windows effect, as the mouse is guaranteed to keep sliding into that corner)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
