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I would be willing to give the app bar some credit if it were limited to apps, in the sense of features that you don’t really need to use while driving. But fo
by amluto 2y ago
I would be willing to give the app bar some credit if it were limited to apps, in the sense of features that you don’t really need to use while driving. But for some reason, basic control of the car is mixed up with apps. Certain controls may or may not be that frequently used but need to be readily available, and those include defogging, wipers, forward/reverse (sigh), and enough climate control to be minimally comfortable. Give them fixed positions!
If I’m driving a rented or borrowed car, it gets dark and cold outside, oncoming traffic has bright lights, and the windshield is fogging up, I need to turn on the anti-fog mode. I do not want to have to contemplate whether it’s in a menu and whether whoever drove the car last remembered to put it on the app bar.
- cbeach 2y ago> But for some reason, basic control of the car is mixed up with apps. The reason? So the UX can be improved over time. Like, for example, when Tesla made certain safety symbols and the speed readout larger. Try doing that when everything is in hardware.
- amluto 2y agoWhen did I say “hardware”? While I prefer physical buttons for critical controls [0], a fixed-layout section of the touchscreen for physical controls would still be a massive improvement over the status quo. The “app bar” would be separate. [0] The speed readout you’re mentioning is not a control. I have no problem with it being on a screen other than the fact that that screen occasionally crashes.