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I disagree with the car stereo timed mode example. Imagine someone doesn't know beforehand how to cancel out of the settings. Now, they either have to figure th
by ceol 13y ago
I disagree with the car stereo timed mode example. Imagine someone doesn't know beforehand how to cancel out of the settings. Now, they either have to figure that out while driving or they have to sit with their stereo on a useless menu screen until they stop. This is exacerbated by the fact that your average driver isn't familiar with computer menus in the first place, so they have no idea what they're supposed to do unless it's plainly spelled out for them.
I suppose my grievance is with this:
> If I have changed my mind and don’t want to set up the TV or adjust the bass, I will just press cancel myself.
Sure, the über hacker would just press cancel because they know that's what they should do. The rest of the world, who doesn't have nearly as much experience with computer interfaces as you do? They might not even know what a cancel button is, let alone that they should look for it.
- ars 13y agoIf you are unable to read the button that says "cancel" how were you able to read the button that got you into the settings mode in the first place?
- nitrogen 13y agoWho says you read the button or intended to push it at all?
- ars 13y agoYah, I don't think we can make a user interface for people who flail wildly and press random buttons.
- ceol 13y agoBecause it's inconceivable that someone would reach for the volume button and accidentally hit the settings button, right? It's not like stereos ever have buttons next to each other, and it's not like cars ever go over bumps or anything.
- ars 13y agoYour cure is worse than the disease. So, in order to protect against the rare case of someone bumping into a button you want to annoy everyone else with timed modes?
- ceol 13y agoIt's not really rare. I've done it a few times, what with trying to reach the station dial while also concentrating on the road and accidentally pressing it in, causing the settings mode to activate. And honestly, how often are you in the settings that it would annoy you? So you go in there maybe two times a year to adjust your bass when you stop liking house music and start liking indie rock, and that only takes a few seconds, so what are you doing in there that requires an extended period of time and enough contemplation that you wouldn't be able to immediately alter the settings and instead would have to pause for >10 seconds?
- ars 13y agoI change the front-back fader all the time depending on what I'm listening to and who in the car wants to hear it. I don't consider it a big problem, but you did ask. You can't do it while driving since depending on the mode the same control does a while bunch of different things.