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Once I know where the physical defrost button is, I can remember it and find it by touch easily. I can't do this if my car has a software update and moves the d
by ranger207 4y ago
Once I know where the physical defrost button is, I can remember it and find it by touch easily. I can't do this if my car has a software update and moves the defrost button three menus deep on a touchscreen
- ajross 4y agoThis seems maybe a little unserious? People enter the drivers seats of unfamiliar cars, what, maybe two or three orders of magnitude more often than Tesla makes significant changes to the in-car UI (twice in the last ~6 years or thereabouts). Do you express similar concerns over the serious safety issues in the human factors interaction involved in defrost actuation on rental cars?
- bryanlarsen 4y agoIf you actually hit defrost by touch, you'd be in a small minority of drivers. Most drivers instinctively look down to ensure they hit the right button. Most probably could operate it by touch, but they don't. Only the buttons on the wheel or stalks are operated without looking.
- falcolas 4y agoWith a touch screen, there is no physical feedback until you touch the screen, and that feedback is "you've touched a screen." With a button, even if you look once to confirm its location, there's physical feedback of "you're touching the button and not the edge between two buttons", "you've depressed the button" and "you've released the button". The difference in physical feedback means the difference between looking and watching - and the time required to watch your finger interact with a virtual button and verifying that the interaction was registered.
- seattle_spring 4y agoSomewhat meta: this post has a lot of comments that just assume that one's own experience is automatically representative of the majority.