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> New cars have everything on a touchscreen — like auto manufacturers noticed a trend from 2007 of phones moving to touchscreens, and decided a decade later tha
by j1elo 4y ago
> New cars have everything on a touchscreen — like auto manufacturers noticed a trend from 2007 of phones moving to touchscreens, and decided a decade later that vehicle controls would benefit from the same evolution, never once considering that fumbling through a touchscreen UI in a rainstorm, trying to find the windshield wiper controls is an objectively worse experience than flipping a lever next to a steering wheel.
Well, coincidentally, a couple days ago we had this in the HN frontpage: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34283385 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34283385
Since 2007 to 2020 when that study was done... one would hope auto makers would realize it too after 13 years