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> Then the piece omits the two overwhelmingly important reasons: cost and reliability. Plus that not all industrial designers can create great designs. Often t
by mojuba 5y ago
> Then the piece omits the two overwhelmingly important reasons: cost and reliability.
Plus that not all industrial designers can create great designs. Often times when I look at e.g. my Bosch electric cooktop I can only imagine its awful touch panel was an afterthought in the design process. It's so bad, awkward and hard to use, it makes me feel sorry for those who created this thing. And for all its users just as well.
Cost savings? I mean, you don't replace the car's steering wheel with a pair of buttons - like on the hilarious picture in the article - just to save on production costs.
- tuatoru 5y agoNo, you don't replace the steering wheel because that's safety critical and the superiority of the UI is overwhelmingly important. You don't get to sell the product at all with a defect like that, so the "cost to the manufacturer" is pretty big. The entertainment system, or a phone? Not safety critical, no need to provide real-time interaction. Cost dominates.
- mojuba 5y agoBoth your car stereo and your phone contribute to (un)safety during driving.
- MereInterest 5y agoMy car has a physical knob for the volume, which can also be pushed in to disable the entertainment system entirely. If I need to turn off the radio in order to give full concentration to driving, I don't need to navigate through menus in order to turn it off. I'd consider that safety critical.