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I assumed since 2001, that soon a car will be made, where all the functions can be accessed with eyes still on the road. Just from the wheel, like the paddles,
by antocv 7y ago
I assumed since 2001, that soon a car will be made, where all the functions can be accessed with eyes still on the road. Just from the wheel, like the paddles, and buttons for thumbs on the wheel. Anything extra, just place your hand slightly from the wheel and immediately feel what you are about to switch and adjust. Imagine to access any function of the car in complete darkness just by the feel.
None of this bullshit, where buttons are far from each other, moving hands up and down left and right to change temperature, turn air-conditioning on/off. Where driver needs to glance down to steer hand into damn buttons. Where "infotainment" needs to show you anything at all about what you are listening to - as if you dont hear it. Keep information to a minimum, ffs.
Then we got touchscreens instead - now you cant even drive in full darkness and feel some buttons with your hand to adjust. There is not even a Night Mode.
Are car manufacturers really this bad? Yep. Tesla included.
- zaroth 7y agoTesla indeed has a night mode. Color pallet of the whole UI changes. Day: https://i0.wp.com/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-18-at-4-13-42-pm-e1508357703211.jpg?resize=1500%2C0&quality=82&strip=all&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/201... Night: https://cdn-vox--cdn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/VHMvRHBqyev8wF_7jGJxsBIRDQU=/0x0:2040x1360/1400x933/filters:focal(857x517:1183x843):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/55955575/9U3A2261__1_.0.jpg https://cdn-vox--cdn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/cdn.vox-cdn....
- antocv 7y agoThat is not "automotive level" night mode. The touchscreen is still brighting up the interior and shows too much useless information. The Saab 9-3 had a "Night" button, which when pressed, turned off _every_ light-source except for speed-odometer. There should be no information visible, no glow on anything, other than speedometer, and even it lowers its brightness. Why though? Try it, if you get the chance, the fatigue I feel after driving with night mode in a Saab vs shitty cars, is exceptionally low. Eye-strain, whats that?
- zaroth 7y agoThat’s the camera effect, not the real life experience. Sorry, I just picked the first image I found on Google images. To be sure, driving the TM3 at night is sheer joy. There’s no screen at all in front of your face. Just the road and a dark steering wheel. I find night vision much improved without having any indicators behind the steering wheel at night.
- ilikehurdles 7y agoThe second link doesn't work at all on my computer. It downloads a 56kb .webp file which doesn't open. I tried to extract the non-AMP url here: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/55955575/9U3A2261__1_.0.jpg https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/55955575/.... In my opinion, this screen still looks excessively bright, distracting, and the night-time photo really showcases the screen's inability to accurately display dark colors (black still looks washed-out or gray).
- zaroth 7y agoThanks for the updated link. Copying and pasting on mobile over here. The screen is quite high quality in my opinion, and not washed out at all. You’re seeing the effect from the camera washing out from the street lights. See how dark the steering wheel is? No screen behind the wheel makes for sublime night time driving. It’s just you and the road, and silence.
- xeromal 7y agoYou're seeing a photograph of the screen anyways. Of course the camera will wash out the screen.