Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds

Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by Baeocystin on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:15PM (#32498264)

And stop having bizarrely chunky steps between volume levels, too. It annoys me regularly that so many of my digital devices have less than a dozen steps between minimum and maximum, leaving me with either too quiet or too loud, and nothing in-between.

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by mlyle on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:19PM (#32498303)

Half a decibel per step is a reasonable chunk; average perceptible change is 1dB but sometimes it's better than that.

Figure maybe 65dB of useful dynamic range in a car + 10dB of range needed based on levels of the recording. That implies you want about 150 steps.

Go ahead and display a number between 1-30 if you want-- that's probably good for usability. I can find "13" and be close to what I typically want. Just, have the actual control surface move 5 steps per number so that I can fine tune.

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