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Re:BMW removing touchscreen from a bunch of models due to ch... by LocalH on Sunday November 28, 2021 @05:01PM (#29373468)
>The reality is that even if the knobs and the touchscreen were identical in cost, the touch screen allows for a separation between the software and hardware design teams.

A touch screen is not required for that separation. Physical controls can also be interfaced to hardware in the same fashion. A knob control can be a "soft" knob, where it only reports the direction of rotation (or the current knob position, and the software determines the delta).

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Re:BMW removing touchscreen from a bunch of models due to ch... by CountSessine on Sunday November 28, 2021 @05:17PM (#29373646)
Sure, but now it doesn’t have a label, or help text, or anything else you could implement with a touchscreen.

Single-function knobs should be mandatory for anything you might need to reach for while you’re driving, but seriously - what’s with the physical control fetish?

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