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Car touchscreen UX still feels 15 years behind in a lot of cases. I was driving in my brand new Subaru the other day when a full screen message pops up that I
by LapsangGuzzler 3y ago
Car touchscreen UX still feels 15 years behind in a lot of cases.
I was driving in my brand new Subaru the other day when a full screen message pops up that I have a message from the manufacturer and a disabled button that says something like “stop the vehicle to see the message”. I had been navigating with Google maps and CarPlay and this pop up completely obstructed my map.
I pull over to read the message and it’s a bleeping reminder that I need to schedule my maintenance appointment. It so half-baked, totally could’ve been an email.
- jjoonathan 3y agoI can't wait until this happens for an ad.
- qbrass 3y agoIt was technically an ad for their service centers.
- jjoonathan 3y agoShit, you're right. I've become too desensitized. This sucks.
- sandworm101 3y agoQuick solution: Pull over on the highway shoulder. Get rear-ended by a truck. Get injured. Sue the car company on the basis that their distracting in-car, while-driving, notice system contributed to the accident. Whether you win or lose, that will be the end of such popups.
- dgfitz 3y ago“Quick” and lawyers/court are antonyms.
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoOnly if the cost of provably caused-by-touchscreen accidents that the company can't blame the user for ("users should only use the car systems in accordance with local laws") exceeds the savings they think they're making by doing everything in software plus the data and affiliations like Spotify integrations they think they can monetise.
- bigbillheck 3y agoAt best you'd win some kind of mandatory labeling about when not to do it that people 20 years from now will mock as needless safety warnings for the stupid.
- doubled112 3y agoI already mock us for needing endless safety warnings. Don't stick your hands in a moving chainsaw blade, eh?
- bigbillheck 3y agoYes this was the social phenomenon to which I was referring.
- m2fkxy 3y agoCars should not use touchscreens for critical functions, period.
- xattt 3y agoCars should take hints from the UI of jetliners.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agothe one for the pilot, or the one for the passengers?
- m2fkxy 3y agoEven the aviation and space world is victim of touchscreen frenzy. There was a lot of criticism when SpaceX adopted full-touchscreen control on their Dragon capsule. Try to get anything done on a touchscreen under quite heavy loads/bumpy ride and you are SOL -- way more than with full physical controls.
- voisin 3y agoI am not sure what would grate on me more - this happening every so often, or my vehicle demanding that I click “I accept” every time I start it when it reminds me not to use the screen while driving. Thousands of times since I bought the vehicle I’ve had to acknowledge that no, I haven’t forgotten that Chrysler wants to cover its ass.
- WirelessGigabit 3y agoI have a BMW, in fact I have had multiple, both in Europe and in the USA. The European version does not have nag screen when you start the car. Nor does it have one when I put the car in reverse. The US one has both. I leveraged the fact that they have world-wide software with just 'settings' that can be turned on and off. That way I now no longer have a nagscreen, and I have headlights that turn with my steering wheel.
- simonsarris 3y agoSubaru also adds unnecessary prompts, eg for bluetooth: 1. press "Select New Device" 2. press device from the list 3. "This will disconnect the old device, proceed?" Why on earth would I have done 1 and 2 if I didn't want 3? Why add more steps than absolutely necessary in a system that might be used in motion?