The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces

Re:The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces by elliottkember on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @11:09AM (#31505674)

I did a car stereo design question during a job interview once. "Design your ideal car stereo" was the prompt. I said that all I wanted was a bluetooth button and a volume knob. They pressed me for details, and I said the volume knob needed to have a minimum and maximum threshold. I guess that worked, because I got the job.

I ended up giving this exercise to a lot of candidates. About 30% said they would project the UI onto the windshield.

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Re:The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces by rurp on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @06:53PM (#31511879)

I actually test drove a car last year that projected the speedometer onto the windshield in an attempt to make it look like it was overlaying the road. It was terrible! Before even leaving the parking lot I clarified with the sales rep that this "feature" was optional, because there was no way I was buying a car with it.

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