Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls

Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by mc32 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @02:42PM (#22740942)

That’s too bad. Imagine unresponsive touchscreen due to dry skin or wearing gloves, or hands are too sweaty.... or the controller goes out, etc.

Flight plans is one thing but controls are all together a different sort of thing.

Why ask for trouble?

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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by klibertp on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @04:53PM (#22742438)

I have no idea how, but my smartwatch touchscreen remains responsive underwater, in a bathtub or swimming pool. It was with on every workout, and it both endured the energetic movements and sweaty hands were not an issue. The thing has more RAM and CPU power than my desktop in first half of the 90s, runs Linux, and is programmed with JS (well, there's gotta be some faulty part in every design). Anyway, if I can buy such a thing for a few hundred dollars, then - unless there are some physical limitations I'm not aware of - it should be possible for people who build the planes.

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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by joyj2nd on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:59PM (#22741825)

Touchpads can't even be operated by a cat https://ask.metafilter.com/91541/Why-cant-Godfrey-work-the-t...

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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by robocat on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @06:41PM (#22743531)

Actually the thread showed they can.

The theory I thought was reasonable for why the OP had troubles, was that Mac touch pads are sensitive enough to treat the separate pads of the paws as multitouch.

Testable: try with individual pad of paw on a Mac touchpad.

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