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Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by MauranKilom on Friday February 26, 2021 @04:53PM (#26280292)
You turn a knob to scroll through the alphabet and press the knob to enter the currently selected character.
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Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by chrisseaton on Friday February 26, 2021 @04:57PM (#26280332)
Doesn't sound like great UX! Must take forever to type an address in.
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Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by guessbest on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:12PM (#26280470)
It has the same functionality as putting a name in a game using a SNES controller.
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Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by jodrellblank on Friday February 26, 2021 @07:03PM (#26281319)
Nobody complained when Apple did that with the Macbook Wheel a few years ago: https://www.theonion.com/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-...
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Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by notriddle on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:21PM (#26280553)
That doesn't seem better than a touchscreen.
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