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Once you're sticking a big ol' screen in the driver's vision during backup time, that screen becomes obvious real estate for any other user interface you may wa
by OkayPhysicist 3y ago
Once you're sticking a big ol' screen in the driver's vision during backup time, that screen becomes obvious real estate for any other user interface you may want. Buttons and dials are cheaper than a touch screen, but buttons and dials+a screen are more expensive than a touch screen.
- fho 3y agoIf I am not mistaken those touchscreens in cars are cheaper than the buttons they replaced (citation needed).
- AnimalMuppet 3y agoSeems plausible, at least. A button is cheaper than a touchscreen, but you can replace N buttons with one touchscreen. (Citation still needed, though.)
- fho 3y agoI guess at some point a (modal) GUI is more space efficient than individual controls. At some point cars had screens, surrounded by physical buttons. I always thought that was a great compromise.