News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls on its destroyers. Parent comment

Re:US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls... by away_throw on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:17PM (#20669186)
> Physical controls that have no physical state are the worst of both worlds.

This is so true. I absolutely hate the AC knob in my car. Apparantely, they thought it was good engineering to make it infinite.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:US Navy will replace touchscreen with mechanical controls... by snazz on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:24PM (#20669224)
At least you can find it without taking your eyes off the road. This works fine for fan power, where you know when to stop based on what you feel, but not so much for temperature, where you can’t immediately tell what’s right.
[ Parent | on HN ]