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Maybe not a "dumb" car, but yes, I would like to see more good analog options if the digital alternative is getting screens in cars that look utterly embarrassi
by andrewmcwatters 5y ago
Maybe not a "dumb" car, but yes, I would like to see more good analog options if the digital alternative is getting screens in cars that look utterly embarrassing compared to yesteryear's netbook-sized screen fad.
If you're going to put tech in my car, you better go all the way. I'm talking a huge screen, fast multicore processor or redundant systems, touchscreen to UI update response times under 5ms.
None of this nonsense where you're getting some baby embedded system and the screen updates over 30-50! ms. Shame on these manufacturers. In 50 milliseconds at 65 miles per hour, I think you've moved like over 4 feet. That's ridiculous.
Say you've got an interaction that takes 150ms. At highway speeds you've moved the entire length of a car.
This stuff is simply unacceptable. I mean to the point where I want regulations on how slow your crap software can be. If I'm moving 4,000 lbs down the road, I don't want to be distracted. I want the exact same responsiveness as an analog physical switch or knob.
- fighterpilot 5y agoIs there an established word for the chronic build up in annoyance of waiting a few hundred ms each time you click something on a smart phone or computer?
- andrewmcwatters 5y agoYeah. It drives me nuts that in tech we pay more attention to processing power over things like response times and latency. Who cares if you have hardware that’s 15% more powerful than last year if nothing has moved meaningfully in my actual experience.
- fighterpilot 5y agoIt's why I prefer desktop/local software whenever it's available and whenever it's something I need to be using often. Cloud software is usually noticeably slower. Latency should be a UX priority.
- xxpor 5y agoThis is why edge computing + 5g is being pushed so heavily.
- fomine3 5y agoI believe 5ms E2E is impossible. https://danluu.com/input-lag/ https://danluu.com/input-lag/
- andrewmcwatters 5y agoYeah, my numbers are off by quite a bit.