You hate them because you don't understand the real intended usage for these widgets. The goal is never to tell "here's how much stuff there is" but "here's wh

You hate them because you don't understand the real intended usage for these widgets. The goal is never to tell "here's how much stuff there is" but "here's where you are relative to some key reference points". Having 120 Gb of used space is useful, but it doesn't tell the whole story. 120 of 130 is different from 120 of 1200. Colors' ability to convey this is limited: does the red 120 means you at 80% or 98%? Hard to tell even with gradual coloring. Gauges in cars are even more essential since the ability to process information should be directed at not hitting people on the road. And if you're not convinced, try to drive a car that you never driven before but only using numerical data (without gauges) and you'll experience the real struggle.