Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls

Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by mywittyname on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @02:51PM (#22741058)

There's always the possibility for hybrid UIs. Something with physical inputs with a dynamic display based on context, like a screen above a series of buttons and maybe a dial at the end ( think ATMs) or even buttons with OLED displays.

It's the best or worst of both worlds depending on your perspective, but they do offer superior hands-free operation over a pure touch device, but at the sacrifice of interface flexibility.

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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by ak217 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @10:08PM (#22744926)

Also known as an MFD, and used for many decades in the aviation industry.

MFDs were pioneered in fighter jets, where the cockpit physical space is extremely limited while the amount of information the pilot has to deal with is far beyond any civilian pilot workload.

MFDs combine the durability of physical controls with the configurability and flexibility of screens, and it's completely beyond me why they are not standard equipment in all cars.

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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by BostonFern on Thursday April 02, 2020 @10:15AM (#22759190)

That's a funny coincidence. Two days ago, I was searching the Web for cars with MFDs after watching a review covering the Porsche Taycan's touchscreen interface, thinking how odd it was that I couldn't find any.

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Re:Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls by NovemberWhiskey on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @05:45PM (#22742991)

>Something with physical inputs with a dynamic display based on context, like a screen above a series of buttons and maybe a dial at the end

BMW's iDrive is, I think, the canonical early example of this in the automotive world.

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