Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds

Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by cma on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @08:43AM (#32495506)

104 key mechanical keyboards have 104 buttons and may go for $30. Maybe it is the knobs? But you can get a midi keyboard with 8 knobs, 49 keys, 12 pressure sensitive pads for ~$100 (but maybe it wouldn't last in car cabin heat).

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by greyhair on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @09:14AM (#32495905)

Those keyboards don't have the same environmental requirements. Automotive environmental is hard. Temperature extremes, high and low, plus humidity extremes.

There are also reliability expectations. If I need defrost because the windshield just fogged over, it better activate when I turn that knob on my sixteen year old car. And so far, it always has.

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by hulitu on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:22AM (#32496799)

Can it work at -40 C or 85 C ? Can it work after it was in a salted atmosphere for 100 hours ? And then in a sandy atmosphere for 100 hours ?

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by cma on Thursday August 18, 2022 @11:18PM (#32517294)

You can get an in-dash CD player with 2 knobs and 10 buttons for $45 or something, and it stands up to cabin temperature and humidity cycles.

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by Joker_vD on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:48AM (#32497158)

Okay, remind me to never leave a keyboard in a front seat of a car, apparently it can't survive in there.

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