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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by neilv on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @09:01AM (#32495758)
> Touch screens are just their 60+ year old fossils deciding "that's hip, that's what kids want!"

Is there evidence it was 60+ year-olds who decided to lean on touchscreens for cars?

If that's just an assumption, isn't an equally likely ageist guess that it was pushed by people who came up through the ranks in the era of "UX"? (Since I'd expect that old-school, pre-UX human factors engineers, who grew up on research coming from aircraft cockpit optimization, safety, and UI in service of the user... would research the heck out of a new technology option like this.)

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by TaupeRanger on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @09:29AM (#32496083)
The parent comment could not have gotten it more wrong. It was not "60+ year old fossils" that made this decision. It was "30-40 year old disrupter hipsters" that told the older people in charge what looks immediately appealing to the average person (and not just young people, who can't afford to buy new cars).
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