"Also there is something about a car operated entirely by touch screen that"
...is simply idiotic.
I'm dreading the day when the car my wife wants only comes with a full touch screen system. I hate trying to tap virtual buttons that I can't feel and that have no feedback, while getting jostled along by our shitty roads, just to adjust the HVAC fan so my kids stop complaining that it's too cold, or turn on the wipers in a sudden squall. Give me knobs for the vehicle stuff all day. I'll take an Android Auto or Car Play for infotainment and navigation, but dammit I want physical controls for heating/cooling, lights, wipers, all that car shit.
Not that I could afford it, but I wouldn't want a Telsa as-is right now anyway: too many compromises on actual human usability made in the name of looking cool or saving cents on the BOM. They like to say that virtual buttons save money on parts, but the cost of the software development and the integrations into the car system is amortized in and the true cost savings for the consumer isn't nearly worth the terrible real-world usability. But people deal because it's "cool" or whatever. And then your door handles don't pop out all fancy-like because it's too cold and they iced up and you can't even use the car. No thank you.
Think about the accidental douple-tap or mis-tap that can happen with AXS (and that does have a tiny bit of feedback/movement) in janky stuff, except for every single damn button in your car... just stupid.
July 11, 2022, 11:34 a.m. - Justin White
"Also there is something about a car operated entirely by touch screen that" ...is simply idiotic. I'm dreading the day when the car my wife wants only comes with a full touch screen system. I hate trying to tap virtual buttons that I can't feel and that have no feedback, while getting jostled along by our shitty roads, just to adjust the HVAC fan so my kids stop complaining that it's too cold, or turn on the wipers in a sudden squall. Give me knobs for the vehicle stuff all day. I'll take an Android Auto or Car Play for infotainment and navigation, but dammit I want physical controls for heating/cooling, lights, wipers, all that car shit. Not that I could afford it, but I wouldn't want a Telsa as-is right now anyway: too many compromises on actual human usability made in the name of looking cool or saving cents on the BOM. They like to say that virtual buttons save money on parts, but the cost of the software development and the integrations into the car system is amortized in and the true cost savings for the consumer isn't nearly worth the terrible real-world usability. But people deal because it's "cool" or whatever. And then your door handles don't pop out all fancy-like because it's too cold and they iced up and you can't even use the car. No thank you. Think about the accidental douple-tap or mis-tap that can happen with AXS (and that does have a tiny bit of feedback/movement) in janky stuff, except for every single damn button in your car... just stupid.