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Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by koz1000 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:09PM (#30275077)
Touchscreen engineer here. There is no such thing as an 'off-the-shelf' capacitive touchscreen.

There is always custom engineering to match the customer's housing and bezel, tune the analog characteristics to the electrical environment, and handle other requests like a safer/thicker cover glass, optical bonding to the LCD, and low friction or hydro/oleophobic coatings on the surface.

Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by jessaustin on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @02:26PM (#30277195)
No one is denigrating this work, but it's obviously easier to consistently get right than the fiddly processes GP describes. There is a rectangle of a particular size, and various substances are applied to it.

You didn't mention UI design, which is the worst aspect of this technology.

Re:Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a si... by JohnBooty on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @11:49PM (#30282559)
Thanks for this informative reply!