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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by ak217 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:55PM (#32498797)
If you look at those MFDs, many also have rotational controls in the corners (some even have two levels of dials, one sitting on top of the other), which are another key way to keep the UI tactile and promote muscle memory.

Things like eliminating lag, organizing menus into predictable paths that can easily be committed to muscle memory, and designing buttons and dials that can be used even in high vibration environments, are all key design criteria for these cockpit controls. It's so sad that automotive design refuses to take any lessons from that industry.

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by QuercusMax on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:48PM (#32500175)
When using the touchscreen in my old Nissan Leaf, I used to anchor my thumb underneath the display so I could hit controls reliably via muscle memory even when the road was bumpy. Preposterous that we have to do these kinds of hacks when there are much better solutions.
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