Telcontar
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I don't know whether this is the sad state of the industry, or whether someone at Bombardier has a sick sense of humour. One of the photos of MITRAC shown in an RAIB report (R072012, page 30), presumed to be on a 377/5, clearly displays Windows 3-style buttons complete with focus ring (which you don't need on a touch screen) and the vintage Windows system font.
Now, admittedly, CTL3D/CTL3Dv2 buttons were cute, but no-one would deliberately use that style in any modern software, surely? It always instils a pang of dread in me when I see allegedly modern, 32-bit programs still using the old 16-bit control libraries. I didn't think we ran our trains off the same crashy, steaming pile that I left behind many a year ago.
Here's hoping MITRAC runs on Windows NT 3.51 embedded …
Now, admittedly, CTL3D/CTL3Dv2 buttons were cute, but no-one would deliberately use that style in any modern software, surely? It always instils a pang of dread in me when I see allegedly modern, 32-bit programs still using the old 16-bit control libraries. I didn't think we ran our trains off the same crashy, steaming pile that I left behind many a year ago.
Here's hoping MITRAC runs on Windows NT 3.51 embedded …