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Re:A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars by kingnothing on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:39PM (#24135286)
I'm surprised to see no mention of haptic feedback. I've always thought Apple's Force Touch was a gimmick on a phone, but in a car it could be very useful on a touch screen like what Teslas have. Imagine being able to run your finger over the screen to "feel" the climate control touch area then "hard press" it to activate.
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Re:A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars by TheSpiceIsLife on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @09:15PM (#24139017)
Solved problem: just use a physical control.

Haptic feedback is like art imitating life.

Looks good, but it's utility value is equal to or less than landfill.

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Re:A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars by jimmies on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:18PM (#24135690)
The problem is that you wouldn’t be able to feel the haptic on a shaky car (running on a highway).
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Re:A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars by kingnothing on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @03:26PM (#24135772)
That doesn't discount it from being useful in most scenarios, though.
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Re:A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars by stan_rogers on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @07:40PM (#24138399)
"Car on road and in motion" seems to cover most scenarios where operating the controls of a car would be something you'd want to do.
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Re:A New Concept for Usable Touch Interaction in Cars by kingnothing on Thursday August 13, 2020 @03:14PM (#24147123)
I drive a Tesla. I'm speaking first hand that this would be a useful feature. Most of my driving is not on a gravel road that's bumping so much I can't feel anything; it's on smooth surface streets and highways where a little vibration from the screen would be beneficial.
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