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snek ,
@snek@lemmy.world avatar

No one ever requested screens instead of buttons. It’s probably some BS some CEO came up with and forced the engineers to implement.

Ookami38 ,

Touch screens are great in cars! For one purpose. The navigation. The touchscreen should only display navigation and function as a keyboard to search it, and only while the car is stationary. Everything else should have a physical control, at bare minimum as “backup”

BearOfaTime , (edited )

Touch screens are great in cars!

No, no they aren’t. If I have to stop to use a control in a car, it’s bad design.

So far 15 18 23 people have shown they don’t know how to drive.

cerulean_blue ,

Read the full comment before replying you lemon

Kbobabob ,

Ok, lets hear your idea for how to navigate while driving. Please don’t say voice control, because voice control rarely works as needed.

phoenixz ,

Passenger does it? Have a sensor to see if there is a passenger, then allow it.

jaemo ,

And of course, we can rely on the universally true mutual exclusivity of always having a passenger when we need to navigate, and never needing to navigate when we don’t have any passengers. As constant as the north star, that one.

phoenixz ,

If you need to do navigation, you stop your car. If you have a passenger, he or she can do it while you are driving. It’s not that hard

barsoap ,

You’re rightfully getting downvoted because having a passenger is not at all a given and before the days of navigation systems you had to handle physical maps at the next red light or pull over, but there’s a kernel of truth to your statement:

A passenger who can actually navigate is a godsend. I learned how to do it properly during my draft time (civil defence) and a proper navigator takes so much load off the driver it’s not funny any more. Incomparable to a computer navigation system. The driver is getting instructions exactly when necessary, confusing situations get called out and clarified, and when the driver makes a call “can’t drive left here” it’s the navigator’s responsibility to re-plan. You can actually focus on the road because the navigator takes on full responsibility for the route. It’s how you can get fast to a place in an area unknown to both driver and navigator, and with “fast” I mean with or without sirens, without that navigator backup sirens would generally be pointless, no brain cycles left to care about routes when you’re “breaking” rules of the street and dealing with apparently deaf and blind drivers left and right.

The average passenger, though, is magnitudes worse than computer navigation. And I don’t just mean people who need to rotate the map to not get disoriented, I mean practically everyone.

phoenixz ,

I was getting down voted because apparently everyone thought I means have a passenger do the navigation?

I meant that the driver should NEVER do navigation whilst driving because that kills people, there is no discussion there. So you either pull over, set the navigation computer and continue, or if you have a passenger, that passenger can do the navigation computer while you are driving.

This is not controversial, this is basic driving

Churbleyimyam ,

“The suspect was seen leaving the scene with a waterbed strapped into the passenger’s seat”

Ookami38 ,

Mate there’s like, a whole paragraph left in my comment. You can’t safely type any navigation information while driving. If you want to use voice control to navigate, it doesn’t really matter if it’s physical controls or a touch screen. Maybe read the whole comment where all of this was already addressed.

Churbleyimyam ,

Epic downvotes

yetiftw ,

but imagine how incredible physical controls for navigation could be

___ , (edited )

I’m imagining etch-a-sketch plan routing.

spongebue ,

My 2012 Pathfinder was the last year of that generation and had navigation designed before UX was really emphasized. It mainly relies on physical buttons and it’s overall terrible. Part of it involves an iPod-like scroll wheel, which is actually kinda nice to control zoom but that display is another kind of terrible.

sic_semper_tyrannis ,

Bring back the standard DIN design. Then we can all change out our head unit with something that has Garmin but doesn’t affect the physical buttons on the dash below it.

KpntAutismus ,

i wish that still existed, there’s conversions for some modern cars, but it has basically vanished.

welp, gotta stock up on spare parts for my little nugget i guess…

Churbleyimyam ,

I’d rather have a keyboard mounted on the steering wheel and operate the car with bash aliases.

bob_lemon ,

Automotive vim when?

ultra ,

emacs auto

lando55 ,

alias emacs=/usr/bin/vim

ultra ,

no.

evil mode

spaghettiwestern ,

Tesla’s Model 3 uses a touchscreen for damn near everything. Some things are buried and require multiple presses in different places on the screen. It looks really good, but the actual purpose and the fact that humans driving at potentially deadly speeds need to operate it seems to have been placed a distant second to safety when the thing was designed. Given who is in charge of Tesla it’s not much of a surprise.

_number8_ ,

it *used to look good, but then they fired the former-apple designer and hired some hack who worked on android, and it looks god awful

before: www.teslarati.com/wp-content/…/model-3-ui-1.jpg

after: miro.medium.com/…/1*zNdNui2-s30EEAqCDy8vRA.jpeg

BakerBagel ,

Neither of those options look at all appealing to me

Semi-Hemi-Demigod ,
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

This is an excellent example of why Steve Jobs was right to make Bill Atkinson add rounded rectangles to Mac OS

Zorque ,

Of the two, the second looks easier to use. The first looks like everything is buried under "child-safe" menus you have to dig through to do anything. That said, they both kind of suck.

Just because they look all bubbly doesn't mean it's a better UI.

spaghettiwestern ,

Spoken like an Apple fan. 🙂

I think they both look nice, but I wouldn’t want to have to actually use either of them, especially while driving a car.

Annoyed_Crabby ,

It’s tech on wheel, so safety is always second.

overzeetop ,
@overzeetop@lemmy.world avatar

I’d never realized how convenient/natural a joystick is for adjusting your side mirrors. I’m not even sure my wife has the reach to both press a touchscreen in the center console and have her head in driving position to adjust the mirrors with real time feedback. Even I’d hate to have to tweak a mirror while driving with a touchscreen.

GenEcon ,

Its mainly touchscreen due to two reasons: 1. Touchscreens are significantly cheaper than analog controls. 2. Touchscreens support the ‘publish now, debug later’ approach of Tesla and a lot of Chinese car manufacturers.

whotookkarl ,
@whotookkarl@lemmy.world avatar

Not saying it’s for everyone, but if it’s not accessible from the home screen with a single press I can do without looking I’d rather just use the voice controls to keep my hands on the wheel and eyes on the road.

spaghettiwestern ,

For someone who’s the primary driver of a vehicle that’s a good option, but there are plenty of Teslas out there that get driven often by secondary drivers who aren’t familiar with the specific voice commands and IMO aren’t going to learn them. Some standardization for controls is a good thing and although physical controls can vary, they’re usually enough alike to easily figure them out. That’s not going to happen with a touch screen.

Jramskov ,

I’d like a couple more physical controls, but I think you’re making it sound worse than it really is. I also don’t think the issue only is touch screen vs physical controls. Modern cars are a lot more complex - they have a lot more features.

spaghettiwestern ,

I went for a few years renting higher end cars on a regular basis. The primary functions on every single one of the “modern cars” were easy to figure out with the exception of the Teslas. For occasional use Tesla’s controls are absurdly cumbersome verging on dangerous.

I can understand your experience would be different if it’s your primary ride.

Jramskov ,

I can of course only speak for myself and what I have experienced with others in our TM3. When we (my wife and I) got it 5 years ago, neither of us had ever driven a TM3 before. We had a Ford C-max before. My wife got the honour of driving it home from the delivery center and I of course drove it a bit later. Quite a few friends and family tried it in the weeks after. I don’t recall anyone finding it cumbersome or hard to drive.

I do find it stupid that Tesla had removed the stalks on the refreshed TM3 and I welcome the Euro NCAP changes, that will likely have an effect.

x3x3 ,

Thank god touch controls is why I keep buying used cars pre 2017

raldone01 ,

BuT tHeRe Is VoIcE cOnTrOl!!!

Yes but if I have two friends on board that are talking I won’t say

“SILENCE EVERYONE! I WILL NOW ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE NAVIGATIOM DESTINATION THREE TIMES WHICH WILL ALL FAIL!”

And zooming the map on skodas with touch screens is just THE WORST.

AlpacaChariot ,

To be honest zooming isn’t great on my 2010 yeti with a physical zoom wheel either.

These systems are always crap in cars because compared to modern phones they feel unbelievably slow; my yeti is now 14 years old but my phone is 2 years old so it’s a pretty unfair comparison!

raldone01 , (edited )

Well at some point I expect zooming a map to work without lag. I assumed we were talking about new cars here.

Our other car is a 9 year old Mercedes and physical zoom is super nice there.

The actual issue on the Skoda is not that it doesn’t zoom smoothly but that it stops following your car when you zoom. It instead stayes fixed.

AlpacaChariot ,

I don’t disagree, just pointing out a general issue with car nav systems

raldone01 ,

I understand. Android auto is quite nice. I don’t like that the assistant can’t be changed to another app. There should be an open protocol which allows any device to take over the cars multimedia systems.

rottingleaf ,

“Back”?

There are people who’d entrust their life to a touchscreen?

Atomic ,

You have a smartphone don’t you?

What are you gonna do when your hands have blood all over them? Good luck dialing an emergancy number on your phones touchscreen.

So yes. Pretty much everyone in a developed country do entrust their lives to a touchscreen on a daily basis.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

On iOS you can just hold the side button and one of the volume buttons to bring up the SOS menu, if you keep holding the buttons it’ll sound an alarm, do a countdown, and call the emergency services. You don’t actually need to interact with the screen. Obviously this means you’ll need to be able to squeeze your thumb and another finger together, but a phone with buttons would require you to be able to operate that somehow too.

I think you could also try to ask Siri if that’s enabled.

I’ve no idea about Android but I’d assume you can do something similar there.

aniki ,

holding the power button brings up the emergency menu. You can also use the same menu to lock your phone down so none of the police scanner software works.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

Holding the power button brings up Google Assistant on my Pixel 6. It does the same on my iPhone.

aniki ,

What version of android are you running?

androidpolice.com/…/android-12-adds-emergency-sos…

androidpolice.com/…/android-p-feature-spotlight-n…

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

It’s running Android 14.

prole ,

Lol on Android that same shortcut takes a screenshot hahahaha… I don’t know why that’s so funny to me.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

Just checked my Pixel - you’re right.

It does on iOS as well. Though note the difference between holding and pressing. Pressing Power + Volume Up takes a screenshot, holding it (keeping it pressed) brings up the SOS stuff.

wewbull ,

If my hands have blood all over them, I’m not telling anybody. I’m running away before anyone finds me.

overzeetop ,
@overzeetop@lemmy.world avatar

The implication is that it’s your own blood, but I like the planning/forethought. I think you’ll be going places. Probably at a run.

rottingleaf ,

I have one, but my main SIM is in my schoolboy\soldier\grandpa phone with nice good buttons. So I don’t.

Atomic ,

And I’m sure you always keep it with you as well. Really, good for you. Amazing. So many people. And I happened to just comment to the one person who keeps a dumb-phone on them. What are the odds

rottingleaf ,

Not always, but more time than my Android phone which is somewhere charging often.

Zorque ,

They've been buying Teslas for years.

Eggyhead ,
@Eggyhead@kbin.social avatar

I can’t even entrust my video games to a touch screen.

menemen ,
@menemen@lemmy.world avatar

The main reason why I didn’t want high end packages for our last car was, that I am a cheap bastard. The second reason is, that I think touchscreens in cars are one of the dumbest ideas imaginable.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

There are places where touch controls make a lot of sense. Cars is not one of them.

My stove also has touch controls and I’d like a stern word with whomever designed it because it’s the biggest fucking bullshit. I’ve burned myself on those controls, I’ve had the stove turn itself off and refuse to turn on again because of water splashing onto the controls, I’ve had it turn on and glitch out because I’ve cleaned it off with a slightly damp rag.

When I’m driving I absolutely don’t want to dig through non-tactile menus just so I can adjust the climate or turn on my heated seat. Plus, the lack of tactility sucks for blind people. Sure blind people won’t drive, but imagine having to ask the driver to change your AC for you? In the dark of winter with ice on the roads that’s just horribly irresponsible of whomever designed it.

psycho_driver ,

When I’m driving I absolutely don’t want to dig through non-tactile menus just so I can adjust the climate or turn on my heated seat.

Look at Mr. Fancypants over here who can afford a heated seat subscription.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

lmao I wish. I’d fucking never support that kind of behaviour. I don’t have a car, but my roomie has a VW Golf with subscriptionless heated seats.

I happen to have a pretty decent inside view into the whole “heated seats” bullshit too. See, I used to work for a company that did a lot of work for Stellantis. You literally can’t fathom just how much administrative bullshit work goes into the customisation of packages and spec sheets. It’s a constantly ongoing thing, thousands of man hours are wasted on it. Things change between markets, and in some markets it affect insurance levels and whatnot, so there’s just so much underlying complexity beyond “oh I want a red car with heated seats.” I’ve legit no idea how it came to be as complicated as it is, but it’s mindfuckingly idiotic. When I left I believe Stellantis was working on replacing the system with their own, but I somehow doubt that it’s an improvement.

They are saving incredible amounts of money by flat out removing options and having them unlocked through a subscription fee. Lots of work is removed just from an administrative view, nevermind the fact that the manufacturing chain gets streamlined and money is saved there too.

On top of that, you’re paying for the seat, it’s not like they’re including features out of the kindness of their hearts, you’re paying for all of the hardware, and then they’re trying to pretend like they’re doing you a favour by letting you “pay for it when you need it.” It’s 100% a scam, and the EU isn’t going to do shit about it because among the perps are some of the most valuable German companies, and they happen to hold the German government by their balls.

Bloodyhog ,

The benefit of unified hardware and not having subscriptions can be easily combined: just replace subscriptions with a one-off charge for any feature. Warranty void if enabled not in a dealer shop. I think that would create much less noise than offering a monthly sub. Yes, I know, not great for the quarterly results, but then - so much less hate from your customers. And yes, touch screens in a car should wait until there is a full, proper self-driving capability in place.

jkrtn ,

The fact that a heated seat subscription idea didn’t completely end the consumer market for the manufacturers attempting it shows us that too few people are awake to impact their income. The manufacturer will do whatever they want, including recording every possible thing they are able to inside the vehicle.

Bloodyhog ,

I am afraid you are right. Am driving a non-connected old car, and intend to buy a new one without that crap.

I do struggle to understand why the general population is so untroubled with this constant privacy breaching creep (a bit less worried with subs as when it comes to monies, people are a bit more alert). I have a lot of smart friends who click the “agree to everything you want from me” button everywhere, and they see no issue with it.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

Sure, but you’d still be ripping people off. If your car has an option to unlock heated seats through microtransactions, you’ve already paid for heated seats.

Bloodyhog ,

The definition of rip off may vary. Still, that would be a saner marketing approach, in my view.

As I understand, all the businesses are trying to replicate the IT-born business model of subscription for features. It should not be a thing in the real world, and I hope these managers come to sense, the sooner the better.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

The way I see it, if I have to pay extra for a feature I’ve paid for, then it’s a rip-off. Like if I booked a hotel and then got told that I need to pay extra to have a bed, I’d be pretty miffed.

Say you have options to have regular seats or heated seats, as well as leather or fabric seats, that’s essentially four options. By making all seats heated and locking the usage via software, you’ve cut the amount of options in half. That reduces complexity during assembly and ends up cutting costs. You’re still going to charge the customer at least the full price of the seat, though. It’s not like you’re charging for seat - heating hoping that the difference would be covered by those that actually choose to subscribe.

There’s also the question of; what happens 10-15 years from now? Nintendo closed the store on the 3DS in March 2023. The console was released in February 2011. At what point will you no longer be able to use your heated seats because the manufacturer has stopped updating the API for your car, and you’re no longer able to pay for it? How will that affect resell value?

I hate this sort of practise in smartphones and software. A car is order of magnitudes more expensive than a mobile game. If they want to apply mobile game tactics to vehicles, then the cost of the car should be comparable to a mobile game as well.

grue ,

just replace subscriptions with a one-off charge for any feature. Warranty void if enabled not in a dealer shop.

The car owner has every right to use every hardware capability physically present in the car, “enabled” or not. Manufacturers have no right to deny warranty claims based on owner modification, unless they can prove that said modification caused the failure.

Ookami38 ,

The day they try to sell me a heated seat subscription is the day I put a heated blanket with a cigarette lighter plug on my seat.

Agrivar ,

Do cars even come with lighter sockets any more?

Ookami38 ,

Probably? I confess I don’t know. Car accessories that use them are pretty common tho, so probably.

grue ,

Sockets, yes (often more than one, in fact). Lighters themselves, probably not.

The socket has evolved well beyond its initial use heating up a cigarette lighter.

bitchkat ,

I use my 12v socket to power my portable air compressor.

XTL ,

Most do. But it might just be USB sockets around the dash area or center console. Still probably at least one 12 V one somewhere and often one in the trunk.

nicerdicer ,

And after thet, they will turn the lighter socket into a subscription model.

prole ,

If I had read this comment even just a decade ago, I’d have thought it was clearly satire.

But in 2024? Nope.

Thanks capitalism!

Hossenfeffer ,
@Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk avatar

“The intent is to provide drivers with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heated seat configurations.”

lud ,

Touch controls on induction stoves do make some sense though. It simplified cleaning a lot when all you have to clean is a single large pane of glass

ekky ,

Agreed for induction, but I’d mich rather use one or two minutes more cleaning the knobs than having to almost cook my finger on this 60-90 degree Celcius hot conventional stove’s touch surface to change the plate from step 7 to 4 for 10 FUKKEN SECONDS! OUCH!

Having to restart it 2-3 times during cooking because it got confused (pan moved slightly to the side) is also rather annoying.

Edit & tl:dr: Touch works decent on induction, just please keep it far away from any conventional stoves.

azertyfun ,

Anyone who stills sells a conventional stove in 2024 needs to be jailed. Induction is so damn cheap now (229 € entry-level fullsize at IKEA) and better in every way that trying to sell a resistive stove else is just a scam.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

I think there are ways you can execute touch controls well on induction stoves, but in our case I just don’t agree and overall I prefer actual tactile controls.

The controls lack tactility, so if you’re blind you have no way of operating it. It’s also so stupidly set up, if I want to turn the top-left plate on to max, I have to hold the power button, then select the plate, then press the minus button twice, then press the plus button once, alternatively just press the plus button 9 times. The child lock has a tendency to automatically activate after I wipe it down, so if that’s engaged I have to disengage that first. Now if I were blind or visually impaired, it would be a nightmare to operate.

Before I got somewhat used to this stove I’d keep moving hot pots onto the controls. This is obviously a user error, but it makes sense because I’ve spent the last 20 years cooking on electric stoves. Because of the inertia in hot plates, if something is too warm you move it off the plate, usually towards you or to the side. This stove has a fairly small cooking area, so if I have something cooking on the other plate, I’ll drag the pot towards me. Since it’s induction I don’t actually need to do this, but try to change a habit you’ve gotten used to by doing more or less daily for almost 20 years - it takes time.

As a result the stove would turn off, or glitch out because it doesn’t handle multiple inputs, and then the controls would be too hot to touch.

None of these things would be an issue if instead of having nine buttons it had four knobs. Also I keep calling them buttons, but they’re completely flat, non-tactile surfaces.

azertyfun ,

Oof, sounds like a nightmare. I have an IKEA induction stove and it’s literally just four sliders that you click where you want the heat to be. 100% power is at the right of the slider. There are a couple other buttons (multi-zone heating, timer, etc.), but you don’t strictly need them.
So it’s way less frustrating and I guess a bit more accessible for people with bad eyesight, but for people with zero eyesight it still doesn’t work.

The only induction stoves with physical knobs I saw online were several grand. Maybe there’s business to be made by selling “touch-to-physical” conversion kits for appliances… Or I guess bumpy decals would work as well.

nekusoul ,
@nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de avatar

It simplified cleaning a lot when all you have to clean is a single large pane of glass

Alternatively, a combined oven+stove unit where the knobs are on the front panel and can be pushed in when not in use. That way you have a single pane of glass and knobs that aren’t an annoyance when cleaning.

noobnarski ,

I think touch controls make sense in cars, but only for navigation and advanced settings, like for how long the headlights should stay on when you leave the car, should the mirrors fold when you lock the car, stuff like that.

Everything else should have a button.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

Absolutely, I agree with this. Controls one might want to operate while driving, or that have frequent usage should be available as tactile buttons/switches/dials/what have you. If it’s something I’m like to set once or twice a year, or in my lifetime, it might as well be in a software menu somewhere.

conciselyverbose ,

Touch is still shit. Especially the much worse version cars have to use to be rated to manage heat and cold for decades.

It’s not too bad with a little joystick like a Lexus has (no clue who else does). But touch screens for anything in a car are awful.

Churbleyimyam ,

Man I HATE touch controls, especially on stoves. Any time I use them I bitch and moan chronically.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

This is an accurate description of me.

Churbleyimyam ,

I only have old vehicles and I’m actually shocked that these things are operated via touchscreen on modern cars - I thought they were just for unnecessary infotainment stuff…

jabjoe ,
@jabjoe@feddit.uk avatar

To change the temperature of the air, seats, or clear windows, I have to look down and across, away completely from the road, and watch my fingers press “buttons”. Or worse, use menus!

At some point it feels like I’ll crash because I can’t see through the fogged up window, or I’ll crash because I was looking at touch screen instead of road.

Not crashed yet, but lot swerves.

Churbleyimyam ,

This is insane. Why is it illegal to use a phone while driving (here in the UK at least) but not that? They are basically the same thing!

sploosh ,

Ford? If so I feel your pain. The controls for the ventilation in their infotainment system are godawful. The time between input and output is so long that you have to look down to hit the “button” to bring up the ventilation menu, look back to the road while it takes 2 literal seconds for the menu to pop up, then look back down to the diagram of the vents to decide what you want blowing or not blowing, hit the right “buttons” and then wait for the thing to respond and do what you asked. Meanwhile you’ve gone 1/4 mile at highway speeds with your eyes barely on the road.

What was wrong with a dial with all the possible vent combinations? I want the defroster on and I want hot air on my feet? That’s at 7 o’clock. Just blast my face? 12 noon. It was simple, it worked. It did not require looking away from the road once you were familiar with it.

jabjoe ,
@jabjoe@feddit.uk avatar

It is a Ford. I just want buttons. We also have a Citroen eBerlingo and it more primitive (cheaper) but the upside of that is old school buttons.

mindlight ,

Touch screen, Vibration feedback/Color change or not, means that you have to look at what your hand is doing and not on the road.

A physical button means you can keep your eyes on the road and find the right button with easy.

So let’s be honest. At this point, touch screens are chosen by car makers because cost and not design. So essentially, safety is less important than cost for the car makers.

UxyIVrljPeRl ,

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    pineapplepizza ,

    You can find a large volume knob without taking your eyes off the road or press the next track/station button. We are not asking to configure a new Bluetooth connection while driving.

    UxyIVrljPeRl ,

    Yes to the Volume Knob. The next button or even worse the play button, i cant.

    Soggy ,

    Shit interface then. Pressing down on my volume knob pauses it, and I’ve got media controls on the steering wheel as well so I can change tracks with my left thumb keeping both hands on the wheel.

    merde ,

    maybe the problem is you and not the buttons or knobs.

    Are you having these issues only in your car or in other places too?

    Ookami38 ,

    If the next button is to the right of the volume knob, always, and the play button is below the volume knob, always, and the previous button is to the left of the volume knob, always, then if you can find the volume knob, you can find those other controls. It’s just a biiiiiit of learning your car’s interface.

    UxyIVrljPeRl ,

    The play button is number 5, 4 is shuffle and 6 is repeat. the buttons for 1-6 are smooth meaning you can not discern on wich button you are without looking. Shuffle and repeat have 3 modes you switch through if you press them.

    Volume Knob opens the Menu onclick.

    I can type mostly blind on both a Touchscree(phone) and on a Mechanical Keyboard.

    Ookami38 ,

    You can type blind on a center console touchscreen, but you can’t memorize the location of 6 buttons that don’t move? I’m not buying it, doc. Besides, the buttons should at least have a ridge where the edges of them are, even if the buttons are smooth. If they’re those shitty, completely smooth capacitive “buttons” that some electronics have anymore, I get not being able to discern them, but that’s still the same problem as the touchscreen - no tactile feedback.

    I also wasn’t exactly trying to say exactly how your radio is laid out, I have no idea on your specific model. My point was that the buttons don’t move, they’re always in the same spot, so you just learn where they are.

    JohnEdwa ,

    I can as all the buttons are in a row. Same for the AC and heater controls. I pretty much know them by heart so it takes a fraction of a second to glance where to roughly put my finger, and then I can count them out by feel while looking at the road.

    nevemsenki ,

    That image, while not as bad as a touchscreen, is still a pretty poor design. So many uniform buttons so close still require most people to look. Buttons should be clustered and/or have slighty different shape so you can tell by touch which one you’re about to press…

    Fudoshin ,
    @Fudoshin@feddit.uk avatar

    When you remember where the buttons are they’re fine to navigate. The average keyboard that meant people can type on without looking has less physical feedback (2 small bumps on f and h).

    dojan ,
    @dojan@lemmy.world avatar

    Yeah, once you get used to typing on a keyboard you don’t really need anything else. I got blank caps for my keyboard because I thought it looked neater. Memorising a row of climate options isn’t that bad. If you mix buttons and dials it’s even easier. If the manufacturer thinks of accessibility they’ll also add tactile bumps and such and make it accessible for people who don’t have great vision too.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7d293771-cd3f-4c71-855b-5747f388d0a8.png

    prole ,

    Lol as someone who touch types but sometimes has to look down for F-key locations and which symbols are attached to which numbers, this would drive me mad.

    dojan ,
    @dojan@lemmy.world avatar

    That’s fair! Looking at my work computer’s keyboard, I’d go nuts if that was the case too. This keyboard has it clustered in groups of four though, so it’s not that challenging. Plus I rarely use more than two or three function keys on my personal computer.

    XTL ,

    F keys are in groups. It’s easy to see which is which workout text.

    Symbols are in the category of layout learning.

    I had a blank keyboard once. This was so long ago that it was probably a manufacturing fluke but I really liked it. Though whatever the caps say didn’t really affect the use in any way.

    Ookami38 ,

    Compare it to a video game controller. Or a keyboard.All of my face buttons and keys have the same shape and size. I still know where they are, because I’ve used them each hundreds, thousands of times. You learn where they are, and if you don’t immediately touch the right one, you can find it because they never move and you have feedback. A touch screen has zero feedback, and buttons are inconsistently placed, or 4 menus deep.

    Got_Bent ,

    Channel change and volume control are all physical buttons on my steering wheel. All feel, no look. To me, that’s the best way it can be. The only time that isn’t useful is if I’m out of town and presets don’t work. For those situations, I’m generally streaming ahead of time.

    Blue_Morpho ,

    Even in a car I’ve never driven before I can find controls by feeling across the dashboard and pushing at random until I get what I want. With a touch screen you can’t push at random without taking your eyes off the road because there is nothing to feel.

    prole ,

    Absolutely. You only need to find it once… And another thing, you can keep your finger on it and press it as many times as needed and know whether or not your press registered because guess what: it always does when you press it down.

    Shawdow194 , (edited )
    @Shawdow194@kbin.social avatar

    Ideally, a well designed physical button wont need any visual confirmation to push or tell if it's already toggled

    Think old school hazard lights, horn or turn signal stalks with clicking noise. You dont need to look at it at all to toggle them, or confirm button is depressed or activated. You can tell by auditory confirmation or haptically

    cmnybo ,

    Touch screens should not be used for any controls needed to operate a car. You can’t use them without taking your eyes off the road.

    DreadPotato , (edited )
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Technically the only thing you’re allowed to fiddle with, while driving, is what you can operate from the steering wheel. You’re not supposed to fiddle with radio, AC etc. from the center console while driving even if it’s physical buttons.

    I know people don’t drive like this, but you’re only allowed to take your hands off the steering wheel for changing gears if driving a manual, otherwise it’s two hands on there at all times…technically

    Mog_fanatic ,

    Clarify allowed. Is it actually illegal in the EU to turn on the radio or air conditioning while driving unless the buttons allow you to do it from the steering wheel?

    baru ,

    Is it actually illegal in the EU

    What’s allowed differs per country.

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    It differs from country to country, but where I live you can technically be fined for it. You will also fail your drivers test if you do it.

    Link ,

    Where I live changing the AC is a task they can ask you while on the test.

    If you do it dangerously such as swerving or taking your eyes off the road for extended periods then you can fail the test.

    Pips ,

    Is “you’re the passenger, you do it, please,” an acceptable response?

    knatschus ,

    Of course

    Damage ,

    “I won’t always be here to passenge for you!”

    Jramskov ,

    What country is that?

    ekky ,

    I’m more concerned about fog lights, emergency lights, and Window heating, as law usually requires you to be able to use them if conditions require it.

    IdiosyncraticIdiot ,

    Hands on 10 and 2 while operating the 2 ton death trap!

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Phew im good then, my car weighs 1 ton so i can just drive with one hand right?

    Soggy ,

    The math checks out.

    Wizard_Pope ,
    @Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world avatar

    Actually your hands are supposed to be at 9 and 3

    GarlicToast ,

    This differ by countries. Here I’m required by law to operate the car as needed to operate it safely.

    If the cloud vanish, I am allowed to put sunglasses, if I get vapor on my windshield I am allowed to push the button to remove it and so on.

    But you have to do it safely and smartly. If you get in an accident that you would have been able to prevent otherwise, you may be found at fault. Even if you didn’t cause it.

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    The wording is probably similar here, but very few critical systems are not controllable from the steering wheel.

    Wipers, volume, AC, cruise control are all controlled from the steering wheel of modern cars, there’s really not anything you need to do from the centre console to drive safely. If it’s not a critical system, you shouldn’t be using it, physical buttons or not.

    Ilovethebomb ,

    I’ve never seen a car where you can adjust the AC from the wheel.

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Mine can 🤷‍♂️ thought that was just about normal these days actually.

    Ilovethebomb ,

    How much crap is on your steering wheel? What model of car is this, anyway?

    candybrie ,

    Are you counting the stalks behind the wheel as on the steering wheel?

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Yes, you can operate them without letting go of the steering wheel or taking your eyes off the road.

    candybrie ,

    I’m definitely taking my hand off the wheel to operate things like headlights or wiper speed, which are dials on the end of a stalk. It would be really difficult not to.

    atrielienz ,

    It’s funny that hazard lights are not included in the list and while they’re not part of a touch screen interface for any car as far as I know, I also know some older cars used to mount that button on top of the steering wheel and I kind of wish we could go back to that.

    ekky ,

    Same, I’ve got an Opel Corsa from 2016, so it’s pretty much brand new.

    The only things in the wheel are the speed control, wipers, and default lights.

    For everything else required for driving, such as fog lights, emergency lights, front and back Window heating, AC, radio, and of course the shift stick, I’ll need to remove a hand from the wheel.

    Luckily for me, the Touchscreen in the middle only handles less important things like navigation and external music sources.

    Ilovethebomb ,

    Wait, you don’t even get radio volume, next track etc on the wheel?

    ekky ,

    Oh right, I do actually have track, volume, and “take call” on the wheel. I think I did use them once, but it just never stuck since they felt awkward to use.

    GarlicToast ,

    Is there any place left for your hands? I have never, ever seen a car that is built like that.

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Its all placed in the left/right spokes of the steering wheel, your hands shouldn’t grab that part…how the hell do you grab it if that stuff is in the way!?

    zephr_c ,

    If you read the article this is specifically about things needed to operate the car. Radios and AC or whatever is fine, but car manufacturers are starting to move things actually needed like turn signals into touch controls, and that is not okay.

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Yes touch controls, but the comment I replied to mentioned touch screens (so usually the centre console), which only contains thing you don’t really need to manage while driving.

    zephr_c ,

    The comment you replied to also specifically said “controls needed to operate a car.”

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Suggesting he is confusing the point of the article.

    miss_brainfarts ,

    Wait… what? What???

    zephr_c ,

    Yeah, thank Tesla for that one. Because of course it was Tesla.

    miss_brainfarts ,

    Seems like a few countries should go over their laws again and prohibit those models from being sold. I don’t know what else would be effective

    redcalcium ,

    Tesla is very confident their customers won’t need steering wheel anymore soon, so they went ahead and fuck the steering wheel even though the autopilot can’t work in all circumstances yet.

    helenslunch ,
    @helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

    Autopilot never will, you’re thinking of FSD.

    onion ,

    Didn’t Tesla put the wiper settings on the center console

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    It’s always been a button on the left stalk at the steering wheel, and for quite a while wiper speed has been adjustable from the left scroll-button on the steering wheel as well.

    atrielienz ,

    So if my windows fog over I shouldn’t be able to put the defrost on?

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    You should have configured your AC before you started driving.

    I haven’t had windows fog up during a drive spontaneously since forever ago when AC became standard in even cheap vehicles since they dry the air.

    archon ,

    You’ve never driven in a humid tunnel, or live in a place with changing weather do you?

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Oh I do, we have almost 200 days of precipitation yearly, and temperatures fluctuating wildly between days all seasons of the year.

    archon ,

    Some tunnels where I live explicitly instruct you to adjust your AC before entering.

    I’m allowed to adjust anything within arms reach as long as I keep my eyes on the road. It is my responsibility to familiarize myself with the controls before departing so I can do so.

    atrielienz ,

    I’m driving. There is not a drop of rain in the sky. 2 hours into my drive it starts raining and my windows fog up. Your answer is I should have turned on the defrost before I left. Interesting. Against reason and human nature. But interesting.

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    What kind of shit-buckets are you people me riving that requires you to turn on defrost just because it starts raining!?

    I regularly drive in conditions that go from sunny to rainy, or even sunny to snow/slush…that’s pretty much all our weather is where I live. I never have to start defrost mode while driving, ever. I use defrost to defrost and remove ice from the the car before I start driving, the AC keeps everything fine without me adjusting anything no matter the change of conditions while I’m driving.

    atrielienz ,

    I generally get cold. I don’t turn on the A/C unless it’s hot out. So generally what happens is, in winter (because of where I live and the amount of daily precipitation) I either leave the climate controls off or I turn them on when I get cold or when my windshield starts to fog over. Not everyone who drives a car drives a nice brand new car with nice modern brand new features.

    I don’t know what kind of car you do drive but I will say your experience is probably not the norm and certainly not enough to justify your original statement. You keep using the term A/C which suggests to me that you have climate controls that either automatically adjust to a specific setting when you start the car, or you turn the A/C on every time you get in the car.

    How much condensation builds up depends on a lot of factors. Your own body chemistry can add to it. I have a friend who runs hot and every time he gets in the car he cracks the window because if he doesn’t him sitting there will fog that window up.

    DreadPotato ,
    @DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz avatar

    AC also keeps the car warm you know…and yes, I tell it to keep my car at 21°C and it does just that. Its a Peugeot 308, medium trim level, that’s more than a decade old with +250k km on it, I’m not driving a nice new car at all. My wife’s VW up is exactly the same, also not new and definitely not a “nice” car.

    atrielienz ,

    The AC does not keep the car warm. The HVAC system does. The AC settings specifically do two things. They lower the temperature of the car, or a blend door is used to allow air cooled by the AC system to mix with air heated by the heater core to provide temperature between the absolute maximum heat and the absolute maximum cold.

    But regardless, you tell it to keep your car at a specific temperature. That’s not how I or seemingly most people use their climate controls.

    On days where I used to have drill, my drilling station was something like 70 miles away from my home. If it’s not raining and in comfortable I don’t turn on the climate control system at all. But weather absolutely can be much different there than it is at my home. Climate control is there when I need it. Same as manually controlled headlights, or, wipers, or the map light. I don’t need to take my eyes off the road to press the dedicated defrost button. I drive a manual car so taking my right hand off the wheel for shifting is normal and I really don’t understand why anyone would advocate for changing any of those settings to a touch screen.

    bigMouthCommie ,
    @bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social avatar

    "allowed"? where do you live with such laws?

    ColeSloth ,

    Technically, you know vehicles went 80 years without any steering controls? Buttons on the wheel still isn’t a requirement.

    Hyperreality ,

    Suspect it depends on where you live, but you're not wrong.

    I think I've driven a million kilometres by now, it's all become so fucking boring and second nature, that you start really being sloppy and distracted. Because you gained so much experience, you start to (unconciously) overestimate your skills.

    But the two hands thing really is necessary for if you hit something slippy or need to make an unexpected manoeuvre. The risks of driving are incredibly low, but if shit does hit the fan you're in for a world of trouble if you're doing something else.

    lemmus ,
    @lemmus@lemmy.world avatar

    Tesla’s on-wheel turn signal buttons are criminally bad.

    derpgon ,

    So is their “swipe up or down to go forwards or backwards”, ON THE SCREEN.

    So is a missing shift stick, or the touch shift screen on the final roof.

    Semi-Hemi-Demigod ,
    @Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

    Hyundai's one-pedal mode that can bring a car to a complete stop without lighting the brake lights is even worse.

    jtmetcalfe ,

    It’s the rotary shifter knobs and the AC controls buried in touchscreen menus that kill me

    omgitsaheadcrab ,

    This is a win for consumers, touch screens are bloody awful when driving and take away far too much of your concentration

    Dudewitbow ,

    IMO the capacititive buttons with no feedback are even worse than the touch screen. at least with the touch screen, you will likely have a colored UI element on screen to press. with the cars that replace all the buttons with capacitive buttons with no feedback, theyre all the same color.

    merde ,

    no feedback? 🤔

    either the button or an indicator lights up or you see/hear what the button is supposed to activate or stop

    Rinox ,

    *haptic feedback. The touch and press should be two different actions, not the same action. Otherwise, you need to look at a button to know where it is and if it did what it was supposed to do, which distracts you from driving.

    Touchscreens are not that much better in this regard, IMO

    merde ,

    do you also need haptic feedback with light switches at home? How do you know if they work or not?

    datavoid ,

    Light switches are physical objects, when you touch them you are going to feel them moving.

    So… yes.

    poppy ,

    Additionally, I’m not flipping light switches while controlling a giant machine capable of killing people. Not sure why they compared the two.

    Reverendender , (edited )

    I think it’s because of the way that they are

    merde ,

    thanks for the help :)

    it was to say that tactile buttons in cars don’t need haptic feedback either

    Rinox ,

    Of course I do. Imagine for a second not feeling the different light switches in the dark and turning on all the lights in the middle of the night just to go to the bathroom.

    Sure, I know which I’ve touched AFTER I’ve touched it. I need to know BEFORE I press it, without having to look.

    Thorny_Insight ,

    I’d be fine with one that works like the Taptic engine on iPhones or how ever the trackpad on my Macbook does. It’s a solid surface with no moving parts but it clicks when you press it and it feels 100% the same as pressing a physical button. It’s way different than haptic feedback done with just the vibrator motor.

    fuckwit_mcbumcrumble ,

    That doesn’t work well in a car though. It works in a phone because you’re holding it, or a trackpad because you’re putting a lot of pressure on it. In a car it’s already shaking from the engine, road, etc. Plus those taps are generally much shorter and lighter and less likely to feel the vibration.

    Damage ,

    Just have it swerve when you press a button!

    Markimus ,

    I do agree with you, though why not just not buy cars which have touch screen controls? You don’t need legislation to filter your purchases.

    catch22 ,

    https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ffd7c42-0040-485e-8431-31c62c73623a_850x400.jpeg

    rottingleaf ,

    The hand was fine until some point for most purposes, just like Newtonian physics were fine.

    It did work as expected before that. The funniest thing is that the Soviet system started smelling of piss at the same time.

    So libertarian and marxist views on economics were both like “now our enemy’s flaws are not much worse than our own, but it will get apocalyptic for them and we’ll win”, and somewhere in 60s it started getting apocalyptic for both. Damn funny.

    BakerBagel ,

    What’s funny is thay Adam Smith predicted all of our late stage capitalism before Marx and Engles were even born. He warmed that leaving capitalists to their own devices would destroy the economy, but instead he is regarded as the father of free marker capitalism by morons who never even read* Wealth of Nations. *

    fine_sandy_bottom ,

    Who’s taking about legislation?

    ceiphas ,

    Because it is a dependency for most things that buyers want in their cars. Not a technical dependency but cou cannot get Climate Control without a Touch screen in Some Cars for example.

    doesn’t make sense

    Rinox ,

    You do though. Without legislations, cars wouldn’t have safety features by default like crumple zones, airbags etc. Without legislations, companies could do whatever they want to pad their bottom line. You need laws to define what is and isn’t acceptable, especially when it comes to safety.

    Mirshe ,

    Before we started legislating car safety, more often, if you got in a crash at speed, you would be either dead or seriously injured. It was not uncommon for a front-end collision to shove the entire steering column into, in some cases THROUGH, people’s ribcages because there was no shock absorption. “Defensive driving” - avoiding a collision at all costs - was taught mostly because of this sort of problem.

    I’ll speak to the effectively of modern safety engineering myself - I was involved in two serious accidents within the past two years that, were I in a vehicle without safety features, would’ve left me dead or crippled for life. One, my Jeep spun out on a patch of wet road and got slammed by two other vehicles in a pinball situation - airbags deployed and I was left with some soreness and a thoroughly-wrecked vehicle. The other, my work van got T-boned by a semi truck at speed while crossing an intersection - once again, the airbags deployed, the seatbelt locked me in place, and the fact that the rear of the vehicle was designed to squish in on itself saved me from, at the very least, a severe case of whiplash, and more than likely some severe head injuries.

    atrielienz , (edited )

    As Teslas and cars like it become more popular (especially in the EV space), more automakers will be adding touch screens. A lot of Fords new cars have them for instance. I was in a Hyundai rental a few months ago and it has a touch screen. I personally think it’s a trend that will at some point be checked by the NHTSA or similar because they already know interacting with a phone slows reaction times, is distracting, and contributes to accidents. Why putting what is essentially a larger version of a smart phone on the dash should be better somehow is a question I’ve had since Tesla first started doing it.

    jkrtn ,

    I won’t. And I don’t need legislation to filter my purchases. I need legislation to filter the number of drivers using a touchscreen behind me on the highway.

    Markimus ,

    Oh ok, sure, I didn’t think of it that way 🤷🏻‍♂️

    andros_rex ,

    It’s really hard to find a car to buy that doesn’t use touch screens - they slap them on everything. Car quality in general has declined tbh - my modern Honda Civic was a fucking lemon.

    summerof69 ,

    I feel like I’m the only one here who is driving a car and not a spaceship. What’s there to interact with while you’re driving? Key multimedia buttons are already on the wheel.

    maynarkh ,

    Some Teslas have their windscreen wiper settings on the touchscreen.

    marx2k ,

    That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard today

    blackn1ght ,

    I think the latest models also have the gear selector (or whatever they’re called for automatics / EVs) on the touch screen, so you need to swipe up to put it into drive.

    marx2k ,

    So… the entire car is bricked if that screen malfunctions and the car is not usable by those with poor motor skills in their right hand?

    blackn1ght ,

    Or left hand for right-hand drive cars, but yes.

    I watch the CarWow channel on YouTube and they review a lot of EV’s, and the host struggled with it - it would take him several attempts to get it into drive as he’d swipe up but not all the way so it would never actually engage. I guess in that case a software fix could be applied to make the control more sensitive but it’s still fucking stupid to have it there in the first place.

    Also for more WTFs, on that same channel, they do these challenges where they drive a bunch of EVs on a route and see which one goes the furthest, which has the closest range to what the manufacture claims it’ll do and what happens to the vehicle when it runs out of battery. There was an instance where the Tesla ran out of charge, but they couldn’t open the recharging port because the little door is electronic.

    FuglyDuck ,
    @FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

    Making it “more sensitive” could be awful. Imagine the carnage of suddenly dropping into reverse because a shirt sleeve brushed the button while reaching for something else.

    Critical controls all need to be physical. Period. Putting something like rbgd mood lighting on… okay. That kinda makes sense.

    But anything a driver might need while driving…. Dont have to reinvent the wheel. Which, is probably the biggest issue with Tesla’s. They were more interested in finding new ways of doing things than doing things well.

    Damage ,

    Eh, many automatics nowadays just have electrical switches to change between p, n, d and so on, if those break it’s the same… Normally a switch would be more reliable still than a screen, but this is Tesla we’re talking about…

    Jramskov ,

    Nope, there are alternative buttons, but I agree it’s not an improvement that they have removed the stalks.

    HonoraryMancunian ,

    Holy shit that shouldn’t be legal

    AA5B ,

    It’s actually one of my biggest gripes …. Washer and single wipe are on a control stalk but wiper speed is on touch screen.

    I think the theory is that wipers are automatic so you don’t usually need to control them manually, but that automation doesn’t work very well or maybe the rain sensor doesn’t work very well

    maynarkh ,

    The problem with automation is usually that while it can do 90% of the cases well, and that’s where it brings value, for safety critical stuff, like critical car components, there needs to be a way to quickly and easily override it.

    In the 1994 Ford Mondeo I used to drive, if a truck with a poorly secured load and a questionably awake driver was barreling down the highway at 110-120 in a rainstorm, if I wanted to get the car ready to pass, it was one move to click the wiper into “wipe for your life” mode before the truck started to powerblast the windscreen with water splashing up from the tires.

    I’m not sure if I could do that in a Tesla, especially since if it does it only when it would already be needed, that’s too late. And the thing is, even if the automation did work, how do I know 100% it does work when I do something that would be dangerous if it did not work?

    AA5B ,

    Actually just now on my way home discovered a new feature ….

    If I click the button for a single wipe, it also pops up the wiper dialog on the touch screen, so all the configurations are right there. You have to act fast before it disappears , so it’s possible that it’s always been there but I didn’t look at the screen right after pressing the button. Anyway, that greatly simplifies the process. While the controls are still touch screen at least I don’t have to click through the menu to find the controls

    sky ,

    You can use the left scroll wheel on your steering wheel to adjust the wipers once you’ve pressed for a single wipe. Just click it right for more, left for less. No need to look at the screen at all really. There’s a little graphic on the wiper controls showing you this.

    AA5B , (edited )

    Is that what the little arrows onscreen are meant to say? I’ve been trying to click on them, since it is a touchscreen and I expect to click on controls

    Edit: sweet . Thanks for the tip. I think the timeout was just too fast for me to have discovered it

    marx2k ,

    …while you’re driving…

    Jramskov ,

    I’d be okay with it if the auto wiper function worked great, but they decided to drop the rain sensor and use the autopilot cameras for it instead and they simply haven’t been able to make it work.

    AA5B ,

    Temperature control or defrost

    In my Subaru, hvac is three large distinctive knobs I can use without looking. In my Tesla, it’s more automatic so I need to change it less, but it’s all in touch screen menus

    iheartneopets ,

    Cherish that Subaru, because it’s not that way in them anymore. At least, not in ours, which was purchased in 2021. Now hvac is all touch screen; it’s awful.

    Damage ,

    When even the Japanese car makers fall to the temptation of stupid gimmicks, the whole industry must be at a crisis point

    scytale ,

    I have a 2024 Subaru and the A/C contols are on the screen now as well. The temp control and defrost are still buttons though, so while I would prefer physical buttons, the current setup is manageable and I’ve gotten used to it. I just make sure to set everything before driving, then use the physical temp controls to adjust when needed.

    Damage ,

    TBH my old Subaru’s auto climate control is so good I never change it from auto 20.5°C.

    scytale ,

    I actually want to use the auto so I can just set and forget. The problem is, at least for my 2024 model, it turns on the foot vents as well. I wish you could set it to auto but only using the face vents.

    iheartneopets ,

    The problem is that even the fan speed settings/airflow settings are touch now, which require divided attention while driving to adjust. That defrost button turns the setting on full fucking blast, when most of the time there’s no call for that, so I have to look and find the fan speed part of the touch screen. Adjusting the temp is only one small part of climate control in the cab. Plus, if you start out your drive with the seat warmers on, but now they’re sweating you out while driving, you have to navigate into a separate menu via touch to turn them off.

    Not to mention the never ending battle of adjusting the brightness via touch if it’s blinding my eyes while driving at night VS barely being visible during the day.

    It’s all just so frustrating, and I wish there were at least options to take the damn thing out.

    scytale ,

    I get it, I wish the fan speed setting was a physical dial as well. Having said that, after 2 months of driving, I pretty much was able to figure out a routine where 99% of the time, I just need to adjust the temp and not have to fiddle with the fan speed. It’s not ideal of course, but stil better than literally everything on the screen like a tesla.

    For the 2024 models at least, the heated seats are now controlled by switches next to the shifter, so no need to go through the screen to adjust or turn them on/off.

    I personally haven’t had issues with the brightness, probably because my windows are tinted, so I can make it bright enough for visibility during the day, and not too bright at night at the same time.

    Your complaints are valid though, and I agree, all hvac controls should be physical switches/dials.

    Emerald ,

    Now im imagining a spaceship with all the controls only on one big touchscreen

    Hamartiogonic ,
    @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Imagine what happens one morning when you’re having your morning coffee while walking to the big screen. You suddenly slip, and the coffee mug hits the display, decorating it with a spider web of cracks and a splatter of coffee. I hope you can make it to the next space station using nothing but voice commands.

    Emerald ,

    No, you cannot use the voice commands because you didn’t log in with Google.

    Fishytricks ,

    If its Google, it would already been cancelled

    Hamartiogonic ,
    @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz avatar

    Just before arriving to the orbit of Callisto, Google Landing AI got discontinued. Fortunately, Google Thruster is still operational, so we’ll just have to use the manual override to land safely. Let’s hope Google doesn’t kill that project any time soon.

    XTL ,

    That would be the starship Enterprise.

    candybrie , (edited )

    There’s actually a good number of things: windshield wipers, blinkers, cruise control, climate control, defrost, headlights, hazards, and gear (prndl). You’d be surprised at which of these some companies have tried to put on the touch screen.

    helenslunch ,
    @helenslunch@feddit.nl avatar

    Not really a “win” for anyone since it’s nothing but a suggestion:

    Euro NCAP is not a government regulator, so it has no power to mand

    Aermis ,

    I have a 2002 acura mdx. The old console finally gave away and now I can’t control air ventilation in my car. The only physical button I have is auto and defrost. So I’m either full blast heat or off. I hate it.

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