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If they mandate that handheld navigation apps freeze out certain controls when the device is in motion (as in a car, boat, etc.) in an attempt to make things "s
by sj4nz 12y ago
If they mandate that handheld navigation apps freeze out certain controls when the device is in motion (as in a car, boat, etc.) in an attempt to make things "safer" it will destroy the usefulness of any device.
Not everyone operating a hand-held device is the driver of the vehicle and forcing you to come to a full-stop in order to input an address is already the main reason why I'll never pay for a vehicle's built-in navigation system ever again.
- bane 12y agoAnd with today's phones you can usually just say the address to the phone.
- sj4nz 12y agoI don't have a phone smart enough to do this, and my experience with voice-inputs for most things usually forces you to pull over and type it in by hand anyway after several minutes of screaming.
- bane 12y agoGoogle now is surprisingly good at this. Just the other day I needed directions to Costco in an area I didn't know and using only feel I was able to get it just to the point of meeting one more interactionbefore he would give me directions. In fact I used the voice recognition on my phone to type this entire comment without edit.
- swalsh 12y agoI can't tell you how many times my wife has said "pull over, and stop driving so i can input the address". It's really annoying.