High performance HMI elements

High performance HMI (human machine interface) techniques and practices call for designs and displays which help the viewer make the best decision in the shortest amount of time after interacting with the HMI.

High performance HMIs often look basic and simplistic. They typically use gray-scale colors rather than the traditional graphics and bright colors for their displays. Conceptually, the High Performance HMI operates under the idea of visually contrasting critical and non-critical states. The power of this design philosophy is when something does go wrong, a high performance HMI will quickly guide the user to the source of the problem.