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Touchscreens in Cars are a prime example of copying someone else's solution to the wrong problem. Smartphones and Tablets have touchscreens because you are look
by littlecranky67 5y ago
Touchscreens in Cars are a prime example of copying someone else's solution to the wrong problem. Smartphones and Tablets have touchscreens because you are looking at the device when operating it - in contrast to cars, where you are supposed not to look at the control while using it but keep your eyes on the street.
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- TeMPOraL 5y agoNah, it's just a good example of value engineering making things cheaper by sacrificing value. Touchscreens didn't get so widely adopted because they worked well for tablets - they were because they're cheaper. You no longer need to account for a changing set of physical controls in designing the interior of a car - all you need is to designate where the magic rectangle goes, and all the rest of the UI work can be done independently, without interfering with labor-intensive processes.
- makeitdouble 5y agoI don’t get why people can be so obsessed with cars and have no thought for the non driving parts in these discussions. You’ll be setting up adresses, contacts, switching climate control patterns, connect playlists, pair and delete devices, setup accounts, manage diagnostics. Why wouldn’t you want a touchscreen for all of these tasks ? Be mad at car makers for being dumb at UX, intrinsically touchscreens have nothing to do with that though.
- dafoex 5y agoI'd say the problem with touch screens is that they encourage car manufacturers to be dumb at UX (see also: that German who crashed because Tesla thought window wiper controls needed to be in the iPad). When I'm cold on my night time commute home, I want to reach for a knob and turn up the heat, when my music is loud and I'm approaching a roundabout, I want to thumb a rotary encoder and turn it down, when a call is coming in I want to feel a button and push it to answer, same for pausing music or skipping that song I don't like but is still in my playlist for some reason. All the common tasks that may have an impact on safety while driving need a physical control, and anything else can be relegated to the magic rectangle because I've no need to use them. As it stands I only use Android Auto to tap "Maps>Work" or "Maps>Home" just so I can have the best route through Milton Keynes with it's ever changing traffic.
- nikau 5y agoThe problem is going from one extreme to another. It should be a regulatory requirement to have volume mute, max defrost, wipers, headlights and other safety critical features as tactile non-touch screen input.