Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
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Re: Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
#2Thank you, Honda!
Touch screen controls in automotive environment is such a bad idea (unless the vehicle is stationary, and even then...)
Re: Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
#3Bout time this started happening. Now, the rest of the industry just needs to follow suit.
Re: Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
#4Thank you, Honda! Touch screen controls in automotive environment is such a bad idea (unless the vehicle is stationary, and even then...)
> Touch screen controls in automotive environment is such a bad idea
Touch screen controls are a bad idea in general when the form factor has space for adequate physical controls.
The only time they're an acceptable compromise is for small devices like phones. Even then careful use of a small number of buttons can be a great improvement.
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#5https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1121372_why-mazda-is-pur...
A more in-depth article last year on why Mazda is doing this.
Re: Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
#6I have a 2013 Accord with a touch screen (bought it used and it's what came with it) instead of button controls. The latency on the screen is terrible and my father's Acura RDX which does not have a touch panel is much more user-friendly. I would love if more manufacturers started to put more analog controls back into their cars, but kept the non-touch screens for info display/backup cameras.
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#7Funny coming from Honda. My parents own a 2017 (I think) Civic and the only way to adjust volume is by tapping +/- on the touchscreen. It's the most unusable volume adjustment I've ever experienced. It was completely unusable with a glove in the winter.
So while most other companies only implemented touchscreen controls for secondary features Honda did it for the most widely used one. Now they are backtracking 100%, go figure.
Re: Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
#8Eminently sensible call by Honda. Knobs, dials and switches work well and do not demand that a driver takes their eyes off the road. I suppose that voice controls would be a reasonably safe tech option, but probably not cost-effective.
Re: Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
#9Bout time this started happening. Now, the rest of the industry just needs to follow suit.
the industry: improve usability or save $0.20. hmmm, touch choice. good bye, hardware buttons!
Re: Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls
#10Funny coming from Honda. My parents own a 2017 (I think) Civic and the only way to adjust volume is by tapping +/- on the touchscreen. It's the most unusable volume adjustment I've ever experienced. It was completely unusable with a glove in the winter. So while most other companies only implemented touchscreen controls for secondary features Honda did it for the most widely used one. Now they are backtracking 100%,…
I just got a 2020 Civic. There are touch screen control, but volume, music, climate control (up and down, not which vents), tuner, cruise control, and a number of other things are all physical buttons and knobs. I mostly have Android Auto up with music and map going on the touch screen while actually driving anyway, so more physical interfaces are a-ok by me.