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Definitely don’t want government involved in car UI design. Imagine if government dictated that phones must have BlackBerry-style keyboards. Even the FAA doesn’
by briandear 4y ago
Definitely don’t want government involved in car UI design. Imagine if government dictated that phones must have BlackBerry-style keyboards. Even the FAA doesn’t go that far. Speaking of aviation, avionics is where UI gets really good for the most part. The Garmin G1000 is nearly perfect in my opinion — powerful tech with great hardware controls that are easily to use when task saturated in difficult flying conditions. Car makers could learn a lot from Cirrus, Garmin, and Embraer.
- lastofthemojito 4y agoI guess you might say that you don't want government further involved in car UI design. They're certainly involved already with plenty of regulations around speedometers, the familiar "PRNDL" shift order, etc.
- a9h74j 4y agoJust a thought, incentive-wise. Could part of the motivation for automakers to use touch-screens involve regulatory risk? It is one challenge to freeze requirements within a companies own process well enough in advance. It is a risk to have those requirements changed from outside. And what if regulators start to assume touchscreens and lower cost of implementation.
- kube-system 4y agoRegulators, at least in the US, have not made last minute changes to motor vehicle regulations. NHTSA usually gives multiple years of advanced notice and a phase-in period.