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Audi's 2022 e-tron GT moved back to more physical buttons, and only has one infotainment touch-screen, unlike a bunch of their 2021 models where there's at leas

Audi's 2022 e-tron GT moved back to more physical buttons, and only has one infotainment touch-screen, unlike a bunch of their 2021 models where there's at least two different infotainment screens.

tyingq 5y ago
I really miss "real buttons", meaning not just something tactile. Things like a power button that actually opens a circuit. Or a volume dial that doesn't lag because it's actually a potentiometer and not a rotary encoder. Too late for all that, I suppose.
- garaetjjte 5y ago
  Though there's nothing preventing electronically controlled buttons working with imperceptible delay except crap software.
  - tyingq 5y ago
    Well, and sometimes "deliberately crap". Like power buttons. I don't want to have to count to 10 while holding a button to "really turn it off".
- saltcured 5y ago
  Ha, as much as I want simplicity, I don't miss switches and potentiometers with burned contacts that cause intermittent failure. I'd be happy with reliable optical encoders and properly embedded digital systems. The kind that can hum along for decades without maintenance...