An example of a well thought-out dashboard is the Mercedes dashboard [1]. One screen spans the entire view of the driver replacing the speedometer, etc. Another

An example of a well thought-out dashboard is the Mercedes dashboard [1]. One screen spans the entire view of the driver replacing the speedometer, etc. Another screen spans the middle dashboard replacing the radio. The screens are not iPad like proportions that jut out. In fact, it is designed to seem like it is just one screen spanning from left to right. And it is well-proportioned. I mentioned this before in an a previous post in April[2]. Car Dashboard designers are not good at software innovation. But they are good at positioning buttons into the right places. or move stuff around here and there. It's what they do. Like moving radio controls onto the steering wheel. In the case of Mercedes, they move the maps feature right into the driver's view. And they offer it in different formats, like text view, Augmented reality camera view, or map view. The same goes for radio content. Hate to say it, but the flexibility the Mercedes dashboard offers makes it a more superior option compared to the built-in CarPlay and Android Auto that is also. I rarely use this superior option (or whenever I don't feel like connecting my phone by wire) because I am satisfied with CarPlay, and less satisfied with Android Auto (it crashes satellite view map). Dashboard designers want more of the OS apps to be configurable and stretchable across the interface they install. [1] http://canadianautoreview.ca/images/car_photos/2017-mercedes-benz-e300-4matic/normal/mercedes-benz-e300-dashboard.jpg http://canadianautoreview.ca/images/car_photos/2017-mercedes... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35391235 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35391235