If a safety indicator needs to be visible at a glance, why did it blink at all?
Blinking only works for things that are in your vision and need to be the primary focus.
It seems like blinking to begin with is terrible design for something like this, or else having it be in the corner of your eye is the terrible design decision.
> If a safety indicator needs to be visible at a glance, why did it blink at all?
Beats me! But they've apparently flashed for ages and ages on these things, and somewhere along the line it got standardized.
> It seems like blinking to begin with is terrible design for something like this, or else having it be in the corner of your eye is the terrible design decision.
This is benchtop equipment, not cars, so "corner of your eye" has a little bit different context here. But, yes, I kind of agree.
It is also really important to get this one right since for this particular type of device, conditions are lethal (yes, genuinely lethal, no exaggeration) if you get cavalier with it.
If a safety indicator needs to be visible at a glance, why did it blink at all?
Blinking only works for things that are in your vision and need to be the primary focus.
It seems like blinking to begin with is terrible design for something like this, or else having it be in the corner of your eye is the terrible design decision.