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The interface idea is nice, but a bit impractical/dangerous in my opinion. The reason for that is that when someone interacts with a touchscreen there is no fee
by spyrosk 17y ago
The interface idea is nice, but a bit impractical/dangerous in my opinion.
The reason for that is that when someone interacts with a touchscreen there is no feedback, except for the visual that is, as to what exactly he is doing at that moment. You can't tell if you are configuring the car's aircondition or changing the gps settings. (Unless something happens that is immediately noticable, e.g. the volume goes up)
I know that you can take a quick glance at it, but this thought makes me uncomfortable. Consider having to do something like that while on the highway at large speed.
- dflock 17y agoYou could probably combine the easy-arms-reach touchscreen with HUD and audio feedback to mitigate most of these issues.
- spyrosk 17y agoYes, but the problem of knowing where your fingers are at a given moment persists. Especially when reaching for the touchscreen. There could be some sort of extrusion(s) on the surface peripheral to the screen, like on f and j on a keyboard but still it can't replace the feel of individual buttons, switches etc where each one's surface area is clearly distinguishable.
- dflock 17y agoTrue. I wonder if this kind of thing gets tested as part of car safety testing, like crash worthiness does? It probably ought to be, with the increasing use of in-car IT & entertainment tech.