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i think this is subjective, i drove my moms car with this setup (mazda suv) to NY last weekend. I would NEVER buy a car like this. Touch screen for apple carpla
by wand3r 3y ago
i think this is subjective, i drove my moms car with this setup (mazda suv) to NY last weekend. I would NEVER buy a car like this. Touch screen for apple carplay is in my opinion the obvious best setup and the most intuitive interface. You can use your phone or the touch screen on the dashboard. Using a dial to navigate on the screen felt like 2003 UX on some hybrid palm pilot/blackberry. Extremely dangerous for me and even if I got used to it, I couldnt imagibe how poking the Map icon would be more dangerouss/slower than using a literal dial while staring at the screen for highlighting as I round robin search through 2-3 inputs...
- bullfightonmars 3y agoI think this is mostly a design problem for Carplay to solve support for dial and button controls could be much better.
- frosted-flakes 3y agoThat's because Apple Carplay wasn't really designed with a linear input method in mind. It should be list-based, not grid-based. Like old Nokia phones, which often only had up-down buttons paired with two action buttons—no left-right. Give each menu item it's own tone and you could probably navigate it blind after a little bit of practice. Importantly, in this type of system, each menu list should be short—6-7 items max—so that it is easily navigable and memorizable.