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Yes. The buttons on the touch interface don't change positions either, but I understand your point. Anecdotally, I've been driving a Model 3 for two years now

• jen20 6y ago
  The touch-screen buttons in many cars often do change meaning, even if they don't change position within a given context. I first experienced this on a Prius back in the mid-2000s, where the touch-screen was in one of several modes (climate, radio, navigation etc) and even if one can remember where the controls are, it's necessary to look before touching. That car had more physical buttons than is generally the case now and was still difficult to operate.
• bob1029 6y ago
  The buttons on a touch interface absolutely can change positions. What button is currently in scope? Everything is contextual in my experience. With physical interfaces, I don't have to worry that my radio's volume knob is going to wind up on the ceiling after I had just turned on the AC. Even if you design the logical interface such that all 2-d screen mappings are consistent regardless of context, there is still the problem of tactile feedback. Physical affordances can provide varying shapes, materials and actuation methods which can immediately distinguish them from each other without the need for visual confirmation.