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Which should kind of be a sign that for any important high-stakes task you should be using physical switches. I predict in 10 years car manufacturers will brin
by BeefWellington 4y ago
Which should kind of be a sign that for any important high-stakes task you should be using physical switches.
I predict in 10 years car manufacturers will bring back physical controls for some things (if not all).
One advantage physical controls have is that I can operate them sightless once I learn the layout. Most touchscreens I've seen in cars don't really have that feature because of the design of the system behind it (whole screens shift so returning to navigation isn't often simple, for example).
- datavirtue 4y agoThey should always be available on trucks. How can I turn on the heater with work gloves?
- malfist 4y ago> I predict in 10 years car manufacturers will bring back physical controls for some things (if not all). Maybe. If new cars are all self driving, I could see manufacturers keeping with touchscreens. It's safer to stay distracted longer if you're not in direct control of the vehicle.
- BeefWellington 4y agoTouchscreens are fine for performing car-related settings and tweaks. Eventually if we get to actual full-self-driving they might go that route. That's way more than 10 years out though, I think. You're talking about a point where cars are able to not have a driver at all before that becomes a reasonable option IMO. That said, even elevators have buttons.
- queuebert 4y agoExactly. Why can't we invent better manual controls that don't wear out as quickly, rather than switching entirely to something as problematic as a screen?
- jlawson 4y agoOr just design the manual controls to be easily replaceable. Not hard to make an insertable switch component that snaps into a slot, and which can be removed and replaced in 10 seconds using a simple tool (or maybe no tool at all).