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Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons

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Re: Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons

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I’m quite suspicious that they do that not because they understood or learned something, but because China requires physical buttons starting next year. And they simply don’t want to lose one of their biggest markets.

Despite China, IT development is a complete disaster in Germany. All car so called German car manufacturers UX/UI is horrible to say the least. Dieter Rams is the only UX/UI designer, who became famous - outside of Germany. Hartmut Esslinger kind of popularized DR, what an irony, that two Germans made history, but of course not in Germany and even in Germany DR wasn't well known. Braun was a brand and statement, but…

MBUX is pretty great, as it is running Research in Motion’s QNX! Hence the bb touchpads. It plays flac via usb.

Re: Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons

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The China regulation angle is the elephant in the room. Mercedes claims they listened to customers, but the timing is suspicious right when China mandates physical buttons. Either way, the result is good. Touchscreens for everything were a dangerous fad. I shouldn't have to take my eyes off the road to adjust the temperature. Buttons you can find by touch save lives.
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