Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles
by mhermher on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @12:43AM
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I've been driving my most recent car for 3 years now. I want to go back to analog controls. It sucks. I'm used to it but it still sucks.
Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles
by SN76477 on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @12:03PM
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Touch screens are not as mature as a button or knob. We know that using a small knob to control a radio works, it is tried and true again and again.
But we also know that replacing the steering wheel with a small knob is a bad idea.
This is because this is a mature technology has that has as many bad implications as good ones.
I guess I’m a way tough screens need to be everywhere since that is how the technology matured and we know where they should not be used.
Exactly. Touch screens are pure tech fad in about 50% of use cases at least, with the decision to use them not based on any kind of practical considerations.
However, I'm a little skeptical that the average buyer is going to regret using one. A lot of people seem to get hung up on newer tech == better tech, so they never really seem to look at the newer technology with a critical eye. I often prefer older tech in some cases (e.g. buttons and knows), but my fiancee often doesn't get it and advises me to stop fighting it and go with the trend.