Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds

Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by withinboredom on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @06:08PM (#32502342)

I suppose it doesn’t rain much in your area? Buttons tend to work even when moist. Touch screens tend to give you the wrong amount of money out of your bank account.

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by smeej on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @07:37PM (#32503240)

In New England, all our ATMs are covered or in vestibules because of weathet-related concerns, so this isn't an additional issue.

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by withinboredom on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @09:00PM (#32503895)

Ah, all the ATMs I’ve used in the EU are usually exposed to the elements, covered, yes, but still exposed on the sides.

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by archi42 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @09:27PM (#32504090)

This varies widely depending on the issuer of the ATM, at least in my part of the EU (SW Germany).

My banking group has (I guess) >90% of their ATMs indoors; I can only think of ever using 4 or 5 locations that were outdoors (my dataset is probably something like 100 ATMs). But there are also some banks which seem to favour outdoor, or at least have less of a strict "indoor policy".

Especially "generic" ATMs at tourist spots or train stations seem to be outdoors.

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by bpye on Thursday August 18, 2022 @01:37AM (#32505702)

Aren't they normally resistive screens? They don't have the same issues in wet weather as capacitive screens do.

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Re:Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars, tes... by HPsquared on Monday August 22, 2022 @05:57PM (#32557814)

Capacitive screens also probably don't work with prosthetics, while resistive screens don't mind the material of what is being pressed by.

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