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The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

xorcist wrote: post #39
eru wrote: post #29

The link to the Audi examples is dead, but you can find an archived version at https://web.archive.org/web/20211126012727/https://deeptread...

This is a lovely example of great design. Beautiful, too. I'm sad to see it didn't catch on. On a related note, I would like to own an EV -- but a touchscreen operated car is out of the question. Where did all those competent designers go and why didn't they design an electric car?

Thankfully it looks/sounds like they're moving away again from touchscreen-only operation. It's probably an Apple effect where the established brands follow the innovator, without actually confirming what the innovator did was good.

Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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Post by hawski »

eru wrote: post #29

The link to the Audi examples is dead, but you can find an archived version at https://web.archive.org/web/20211126012727/https://deeptread...

I don't like this design all that much. It makes sense, but it is too spaced out for me.

I love the design I have in my current car - Renault Laguna 3. The HVAC control panel is between air vents and on the top it has three buttons: Soft, Auto and Fast. I like how it uses words with no negative connotations (it could be Slow and Hard). Soft is for it to be quiet, Auto is the most common setting for me and Fast is self-explanatory, though also recommended if you have passengers on the backseat. Then there is the current temperature (and other HVAC settings) display and finally very comfortable and big up/down rocker switches to change the temperature with a 0.5°C resolution. I usually do not change the temperature much. A knob seems to invite changes for people who do not understand a concept of a thermostat.

Then there is AC off, closed circulation, fan speed and air distribution buttons. Right below this are buttons for quick defogging (I don't know how to call it) and the back window heating. Buttons that do not change the state shown on the LCD display have their little LEDs to signify their state.

You can see it in action here: https://youtu.be/oNHvtI_8A5w?t=12

Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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Post by edent »

mulmen wrote: post #40
eru wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

UX stands for user experience, not for interaction?

How do you experience an interactive system without… interaction?

Imagine you go to a foreign country. You want to buy a train ticket. You walk to the station and go to the ticket machine. You see a dizzying array of levers, buttons, sliders, and dials. Each labelled with diagrams which don't make sense to you.

You back away slowly from the machine and try to find a human ticket seller.

Have you experienced the machine?

Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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Post by [deleted] »

edent wrote: post #45
mulmen wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you experience an interactive system without… interaction?

Imagine you go to a foreign country. You want to buy a train ticket. You walk to the station and go to the ticket machine. You see a dizzying array of levers, buttons, sliders, and dials. Each labelled with diagrams which don't make sense to you. You back away slowly from the machine and try to find a human ticket seller. Have you experienced the machine?

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Re: The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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Post by awinter-py »

xorcist wrote: post #39
eru wrote: post #29

The link to the Audi examples is dead, but you can find an archived version at https://web.archive.org/web/20211126012727/https://deeptread...

This is a lovely example of great design. Beautiful, too. I'm sad to see it didn't catch on. On a related note, I would like to own an EV -- but a touchscreen operated car is out of the question. Where did all those competent designers go and why didn't they design an electric car?

you and the us navy

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/09/navy-reverting-ddgs-back-to...

they ripped out the GUI-based controls after a bad crash

(actual story is more complicated though -- they transferred partial control of the helm to another station, instead of transferring full control, leading the new operator to think they had lost control of the boat. similar thing happened with air france 447 where a single pilot panicked and the others couldn't observe their control input)

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