In-car touchscreens are dangerous

Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by thesuitonym on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:03PM (#26280391)

The idea is right, but the implementation doesn't seem great. I can't judge it fairly, because I've never used it, but based on your description, and the article, I completely believe that the way Mazda is going about this is horrible.

>Mazda is looking to add more simple, tactile controls into the cars. A quick tilt of the volume knob to the right or left goes forward or back single tracks

Ugh, if only there were some kind of dedicated control for some of these things that are being moved out of touchscreens. Something you can just tap on, sort of the way you do with touchscreens, but that never moves or changes, so you can tap it without looking.

Boy whoever invents that will be a billionaire!

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Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by otherme123 on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:38PM (#26280695)

I have a Mazda, and the system works perfectly. You have to get used to it (maybe a week of use), and after that is like using a trackball. Do you need to look at your mouse to locate the buttons or the wheel? The Mazda knob is exactly the same: left is media, central is home, right is navigation.

Obviously, if you only test drive the car for an hour, you cannot get used to it, and you have to look down. Same as you had to look at your mouse the first time you used it.

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Re:In-car touchscreens are dangerous by jjoonathan on Friday February 26, 2021 @05:13PM (#26280479)

Advanced tactile feedback technology!

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