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> once you grab it, you can hold onto it during adjustment, even in a moving car Unless they have a ton of resistance (old school cable actuated HVAC) or are m
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
> once you grab it, you can hold onto it during adjustment, even in a moving car
Unless they have a ton of resistance (old school cable actuated HVAC) or are massive (typical Honda HVAC) rotary knobs suck for adjustment when moving. You want discrete up/down buttons (preferably ones that feel different) and enough dead space around them that the user has something to touch to anchor their hand. We've all sent the volume flying on a radio with a knob.
- m463 5y agoThat doesn't mirror my experience, at all. Are you talking about brushing the knob somehow?
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoIf you're not on a glass smooth California highway and you try and adjust a medium-small knob that doesn't have a lot of resistance you're not going to be accurate. Better than a touch screen, definitely, but worse than discrete up/down buttons
- perl4ever 5y agoI live in the land of salt and snow and rust, never having been to CA at all, and I prefer (larger) knobs and have never said to myself I wish I had buttons - for volume or temperature or anything. Sometimes - I don't know how many current model cars have them - they have dedicated up/down buttons that nevertheless are apparently capacitive touch operated. I remember the Buick Regal of a few years ago being like that, and I think I remember pictures of Cadillacs that looked similar.
- mattmar96 5y agoKnobs are better. If you overshoot your desired volume, you simple turn it back a bit. With buttons you need to find a separate control to correct your mistake.