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Unlike a touchscreen, you can feel the line between adjacent buttons and between buttons & the surrounding dashboard. Unlike touchscreens, you can touch these w

by Bjartr 4y ago

Unlike a touchscreen, you can feel the line between adjacent buttons and between buttons & the surrounding dashboard. Unlike touchscreens, you can touch these without triggering them, use feel to locate the correct button and center your finger on it, then press it, all without taking your eyes from the road. Could they be even more distinct? Sure. Are these still a huge improvement over a touchscreen? Absolutely.

jenadine 4y ago
I have seen a touch screen covered by a thin layer of plastic in the button row that has some indentation so the finger can feel where the buttons are. This was on the control panel of an industrial machine. With some small sound or haptic feedback when the button is being pressed, this allows someone familiar with the interface to quickly press some buttons while operating the machine. (There was also an indentation for a slider on the side)
- Rebelgecko 4y ago
  Did you have to buy a new cover when the buttons moved?
  - robin_reala 4y ago
    No: just inflate the top layer of the screen as the same place as the button below (see https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/a-keyboard-that-rises-up-from-flat-touch-screens/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/a-keyboard-that-rises-up-fr... for more).
    - gambiting 4y ago
      I mean that is cool, but afaik literally no one has ever done this in an automotive product. Probably because this flexible screen would turn crap after 10 years of non-stop inflating/deflating, or wouldn't operate in conditions that cars actually exist in(-30C/+40C operating temperatures are standard for automotive screens, as soon as you add any kind of flexible plastic you definitely lose that).
      - robin_reala 4y ago
        A slightly sarcastic “just” on my part, haha. Considering that the original idea (also a later project GelTouch[1]) never lead as far as I’m aware to any shipping products, I doubt they thought about specific automotive needs. [1] https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2807442.2807487 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2807442.2807487
  - jenadine 4y ago
    In that case, the interface was made for that display. So that every screen had their buttons located under the bumps. (In the buttons row) Some elements were not located there, but that was not the most used ones and then it was ok to look at the screen.

by Bjartr 4y ago

jenadine 4y ago

I have seen a touch screen covered by a thin layer of plastic in the button row that has some indentation so the finger can feel where the buttons are. This was on the control panel of an industrial machine. With some small sound or haptic feedback when the button is being pressed, this allows someone familiar with the interface to quickly press some buttons while operating the machine. (There was also an indentation for a slider on the side)

Rebelgecko 4y ago
Did you have to buy a new cover when the buttons moved?
- robin_reala 4y ago
  No: just inflate the top layer of the screen as the same place as the button below (see https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/a-keyboard-that-rises-up-from-flat-touch-screens/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/a-keyboard-that-rises-up-fr... for more).
  - gambiting 4y ago
    I mean that is cool, but afaik literally no one has ever done this in an automotive product. Probably because this flexible screen would turn crap after 10 years of non-stop inflating/deflating, or wouldn't operate in conditions that cars actually exist in(-30C/+40C operating temperatures are standard for automotive screens, as soon as you add any kind of flexible plastic you definitely lose that).
    - robin_reala 4y ago
      A slightly sarcastic “just” on my part, haha. Considering that the original idea (also a later project GelTouch[1]) never lead as far as I’m aware to any shipping products, I doubt they thought about specific automotive needs. [1] https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2807442.2807487 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2807442.2807487
- jenadine 4y ago
  In that case, the interface was made for that display. So that every screen had their buttons located under the bumps. (In the buttons row) Some elements were not located there, but that was not the most used ones and then it was ok to look at the screen.