Human-Computer Etiquette

etiquette Considerations 299

at them, but they do not have to. Most important is the fact that

text messages are less salient or “attention grabbing” than radio

messages. By converting the low priority messages to a less salient

form, it allows soldiers to focus on the high priority messages dur-

ing high workload periods.

To enable the Communication Scheduler to determine which mes-

sages to present as radio messages, and which to divert to the PDA,

all messages had a priority assigned to them a priori by the scenario

designer. e priority (or criticality) of messages is determined by

many factors such as the source (e.g., your commander, another ...