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> This is the automotive analog to the removal of headphone jack on smartphones The big issue with cars removing buttons is that buttons are useful tactile aff

> This is the automotive analog to the removal of headphone jack on smartphones The big issue with cars removing buttons is that buttons are useful tactile affordances - they are operational controls that tend to have a single, clear and discoverable purpose, and can be located and operated by touch/feel without having to look at them, which is particularly advantageous when operating a vehicle.

alphazard 4y ago
This is really understated. The primary interface to most of a car is tactile. Consider a vehicle, which had touchscreens instead of pedals. It required bare feet to operate. Advertised as totally ground-breaking, users could adjust the width between pedals, and switch between automatic and manual modes of transmission. The pedals have beautiful typography displaying the text "gas", "brake", and "clutch" on their icons. Wrong for the all same reasons as blinkers, wipers, defrost, audio power on/off being on a touch screen.