Re:The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces
by tanjtanjtanj on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @12:45PM
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The 3 2021 Mazda models I test drove had no touch screens at all, I believe they included an option between the two for a couple years but have now phased out the touch screen.
Re:The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces
by windowsrookie on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @01:52PM
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The new Mazdas have no touchscreen and in my opinion it's worse.
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are designed to be touched. Navigating either without a touchscreen is a horrible experience and requires significantly more steps than just touching the item you want on the screen.
Re:The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces
by izacus on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @04:49PM
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I found no serious issues using Android Auto with my Mazda, what kind of things are you doing during your drive that are so impossible to do with the rotary controller?
The only thing I can remember might be the address entry, but that can easily be done with the keyboard on the phone itself (click "phone" icon in the on-screen Auto keyboard to handoff).
They do have a rotary dial and push button that controls the display, so no touching it. Makes it a lot simpler when your UI designers are restricted to left/right movement and button push. Can't hide things all over the place and under deeply nested menus.