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In that case, you're not wrong; but as per the original topic, touchscreens are also not your issue.
No, and it is *glorious*. The only electronic thing on the whole dashboard is the clock, and it's never worked.
Pro Tip: So do ER Doctors and Insurance Companies. What would be best is something along the lines of a hybrid aircraft controls. See F/A-18 Hornet cockpit. Basically tactile buttons around the perimeter (maybe just side or bottom for consumer), but the options can change. Also for consumers, touchscreen should be a value-add to tactile controls, with hardware buttons as primary. So you could touch-scroll with a fing…
A lot of small aircraft controls have moved to touchscreens, and they're terrible, especially in turbulence.
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Eh, those backup cameras are super useful though, and the screen can be small. My 2013 Kia has mostly physical buttons and like an 8 inch or so touchscreen (that I never touch). I would hate losing that camera. Plus those screens can be useful for safety. I much prefer the screen on my dashboard for maps compared to having it on my phone (even with a mount it's bouncy and small)
But a small screen feels 'cheap' and for many ruins that car's experience.
When Tesla introduced giant screens, then ran into problems with panels not being "automotive grade."
See: https://www.thedrive.com/tech/27989/teslas-screen-saga-shows...
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A lot of small aircraft controls have moved to touchscreens, and they're terrible, especially in turbulence.
On gliders it's common to have buttons on top of the stick. There are and like buttons and a 4-way button emulating the arrow keys. Using these to navigate menus still demands a whole lot attention. It just isn't very predictable.
This actually made me consider an Audi, except for the fact that by the time I drove it this was an older model, and that input had long been superseded by a pure touchscreen.
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Eh, those backup cameras are super useful though, and the screen can be small. My 2013 Kia has mostly physical buttons and like an 8 inch or so touchscreen (that I never touch). I would hate losing that camera. Plus those screens can be useful for safety. I much prefer the screen on my dashboard for maps compared to having it on my phone (even with a mount it's bouncy and small)
But a small screen feels 'cheap' and for many ruins that car's experience.
Even US Navy prohibits touchscreens on weapon systems and radars. Slapping your ship bow from the crest might likely press the wrong coordinate or fire button instead.
Someone should do a skit where military UIs are all replaced by current consumer-tech UIs, along with its dark patterns. That’d actually be hilarious.
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Someone should do a skit where military UIs are all replaced by current consumer-tech UIs, along with its dark patterns. That’d actually be hilarious.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49319450.amp
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that must explain why 99.99% of tvs sold are dumb tv's because there is such a clamoring demand for them... oh wait.
Because manufacturers sell whatever profit seeking, cost-cutting measures best fatten shareholder dividends. You are exactly right.
All I need in a car is a knob for the air conditioning and a knob for the volume. I still just use a single din aftermarket stereo that plays music from an SD card. I will never have anything more. I will drive cars as old as myself if I have to for the rest of my life before I allow some car manufacturer to push me around.
I'm surprised the article didn't mention one of the key regulations that led to this as an unintended consequence: By law, cars in the US must now have a back-up camera. That means every car must have a screen. Given that, automakers figured they may as well use the damn thing for everything else too and cut costs. It wasn't just that they wanted to take away tactile controls to save money. It was that they had to ma…
Did back up cameras save that many lives?