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Kind of amazing how little the interface has changed over the last 70(!) years.

zh3 5y ago
Eh, it's standardised quite a lot. As a young adult I had a Triumph Bonneville (still do), small Ducati (went up in flames) and a bunch of Japanese bikes (which lasted varying lengths of time, between dying natural deaths and being slung yp the road). The point being that the gearchange on the Triumph was 1 up, 3 down on the right, the japanese bikes were 1 down 4 or 5 up on the left and the ducati was 1 down 4 up but on the right hand side. Given the random interchange/pattern between gear and rear brake, the first few miles were always interesting while trying to re-arrange the mental model to fit the current bike. Which is why, to this day, I really dislike it when new versions of software randomly shift the position of the steering wheel from the usual position to wherever some UX person has decided it should now be (like behind my left ear). Edit: But to expand on this a little, on a motorbike (or indeed a bicycle), the interface puts everything directly under hand/foot control. Every necessary control is a minor movement, and pretty much the only difference between bike controls these days is the (thumb-based) switch layout
- nn3 5y ago
  I like the bicycle analogy of software updates. When you update and the handle bar is suddenly behind your head. "We modernized our UI ..."
  - jandrese 5y ago
    Or "the handlebar is now hidden up your butt". Look how clean the lines are on the new model! It photographs beautifully! Doesn't matter that it's a literal pain in the ass to ride now.
    - Dah00n 5y ago
      Sounds like a Tesla design.
  - zh3 5y ago
    Can't take credit for it (saw it somewhere, and have paraphrased it - see [1] for an older link along the same lines, though unlikely to be the originator). [1] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-moved-my-steering-wheel-shouldnt-software-more-like-steve-lathrop https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-moved-my-steering-wheel-s...

zh3 5y ago

Eh, it's standardised quite a lot. As a young adult I had a Triumph Bonneville (still do), small Ducati (went up in flames) and a bunch of Japanese bikes (which lasted varying lengths of time, between dying natural deaths and being slung yp the road). The point being that the gearchange on the Triumph was 1 up, 3 down on the right, the japanese bikes were 1 down 4 or 5 up on the left and the ducati was 1 down 4 up but on the right hand side. Given the random interchange/pattern between gear and rear brake, the first few miles were always interesting while trying to re-arrange the mental model to fit the current bike. Which is why, to this day, I really dislike it when new versions of software randomly shift the position of the steering wheel from the usual position to wherever some UX person has decided it should now be (like behind my left ear). Edit: But to expand on this a little, on a motorbike (or indeed a bicycle), the interface puts everything directly under hand/foot control. Every necessary control is a minor movement, and pretty much the only difference between bike controls these days is the (thumb-based) switch layout

nn3 5y ago
I like the bicycle analogy of software updates. When you update and the handle bar is suddenly behind your head. "We modernized our UI ..."
- jandrese 5y ago
  Or "the handlebar is now hidden up your butt". Look how clean the lines are on the new model! It photographs beautifully! Doesn't matter that it's a literal pain in the ass to ride now.
  - Dah00n 5y ago
    Sounds like a Tesla design.
- zh3 5y ago
  Can't take credit for it (saw it somewhere, and have paraphrased it - see [1] for an older link along the same lines, though unlikely to be the originator). [1] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-moved-my-steering-wheel-shouldnt-software-more-like-steve-lathrop https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-moved-my-steering-wheel-s...