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Kind of fascinating that his preferred interface is physical buttons built into the cab, and a barcode scanner. I can't imagine no one has built mobile softwar
by rwhitman 12y ago
Kind of fascinating that his preferred interface is physical buttons built into the cab, and a barcode scanner.
I can't imagine no one has built mobile software in this space yet, so there's got to be a reason he doesn't have a tablet sitting on his dashboard. He even built an app but curiously didn't opt to use that as his primary interface for the other functions. Says something about what a working truck driver actually needs & wants vs what a software developer would expect as the solution here.
- bobbles 12y agoTactile feedback, muscle memory or feeling for buttons without moving eyeline around, not getting grease/dirty hands all over a tablet, etc
- rwhitman 12y agoI just realized that truck drivers may also be regulated regarding what types of devices they can have when driving, which would explain a lot. Yellow cabs in NYC for instance are forbidden to use GPS due to safety reasons and generally rely on dispatchers to get around. Truckers probably have even more safety rules to follow