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Keep in mind, that new cars aren't bad simply because of all this new tech, but rather how this tech is exposed to the user. HCI seems to have disappeared by th
by lxe 3y ago
Keep in mind, that new cars aren't bad simply because of all this new tech, but rather how this tech is exposed to the user. HCI seems to have disappeared by the wayside as we create more and more complicated systems.
Yet it is possible to apply good interaction design to complex systems. Taking the example from the car itself -- the engine and transmission is a very complicated system, yet it's exposed to the user through simple and learnable controls like steering wheel, the gear shift, and the pedals.
In these examples it's painfully obvious that human-machine interaction and user experience design was either an afterthought, or developed by people who are simply not qualified to actually design interactive systems altogether.
- Shawnj2 3y agoAI (specifically voice recognition and LLM’s) can probably help solve this problem by having the LLM control things for you while “talk to the thing like a human” is the exposed interface.
- marssaxman 3y agoI sincerely hope you are joking.
- Shawnj2 3y agoFor cars yes, for everything else no.
- LASR 3y agoGreat. So now my car is the teenager in the driver seat I have to keep pestering with instructions to not kill me.
- pomian 3y agoWe need a Jony Ive in every company.
- 77pt77 3y agoPlease god, no! You'd get something like this [1]. And I'm not even joking. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA
- warkdarrior 3y agoYou'd better not hold the steering wheel wrong!
- et-al 3y agoYou're kidding right? Apple under Jony Ive without Steve gave us the worst generation of Macbook Pros: butterfly keyboard, limited ports, and the touchbar.
- enraged_camel 3y agoWhat about his positive contributions to the rest of the Apple product family?
- weeblewobble 3y ago