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I disagree. I get into modern cars and there are so many single-use buttons and dials that I need a 30-page manual to figure out what they do. Only to find out
by BluSyn 6y ago
I disagree. I get into modern cars and there are so many single-use buttons and dials that I need a 30-page manual to figure out what they do. Only to find out it's something I would use at most once-per-decade. Touchscreens make this simpler IF they are done correctly. Therein lies the problem; most car makers can't design a good UI if they tried, because they are just so incredibly bad at designing software.
The only exception is Tesla. Everyone I know who has actually tried driving one immediately changes their opinion about the touchscreen, because in the Tesla is actually works and doesn't feel like it was designed in 1995.
Other car makers need to get their shit together on software; stop outsourcing, and try actually giving a damn about your product for a change.
- sschueller 6y agoTesla tries so hard to be KITT from knight rider but if KITTs turbo boost botton would have been buried in a touch screen menu he would have crashed before Michael would have been able to press it. Tactile buttons are important and give you the ability to operate them blind. This is not yet possible with touch screens.
- ohmaigad 6y agoExcept Tesla puts wiper speed (a thing you actually use while driving) on Model 3 in the touchscreen. That is the dumbest thing ever. Touchscreens are fine, but the controls you use while driving should be buttons or via steering wheel controls + HUD.
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- benburton 6y ago> most car makers can't design a good UI if they tried, because they are just so incredibly bad at designing software. Interface as a secondary concern to any other business function is historically a budget race-to-the-bottom. Just let Apple and Google design and implement everything with CarPlay/Android Automotive.