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>we never tested it on the road That is an even bigger issue than the decision to use a touchscreen. Don't these companies want to make good products? I can't
by oftenwrong 8y ago
>we never tested it on the road
That is an even bigger issue than the decision to use a touchscreen. Don't these companies want to make good products? I can't imagine releasing something without even attempting to put it through some realistic usage. Given the sorry state of in-car interfaces, I suppose I should not be surprised.
- RandallBrown 8y agoI worked at Microsoft on what would have been the next gen system after Ford SYNC and MyFord Touch. Our design team put a HUGE effort into making the UI usable at arms reach and at a glance. They had all this research about button sizes and how accurate a person could be with their outstretched arm. They built a full car simulator and we had modified cars in our parking garage we could actually test on. Ford decided to go a different direction and I left the project shortly before it was ultimately scrapped. The ideas were awesome, but for various reasons, we never really built anything.