Hyundai Promises to Keep Buttons in Cars

Re:Hyundai Promises to Keep Buttons in Cars by judge2020 on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @11:48PM (#35256582)

The way to do it is to press the wiper button (press in on the stalk button) to swipe one and then it gives you options for manual wiper speed selection via an on-screen control.

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Re:Hyundai Promises to Keep Buttons in Cars by Stratoscope on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @12:07AM (#35256720)

So I use a touchscreen to adjust the wiper speed and delay? In the worst kind of weather where I really need it?

Sign me up!

This is a huge improvement over my 2008 Kia where I twist the stalk and don't have to look at it and I can keep my eyes on the road.

OTOH, my old Kia doesn't have Full Self Driving. Ah well.

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Re:Hyundai Promises to Keep Buttons in Cars by nixass on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @03:33AM (#35257928)

> my old Kia doesn't have Full Self Driving

Don't worry, neither does Tesla :)

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Re:Hyundai Promises to Keep Buttons in Cars by serpix on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @05:05AM (#35258542)

in every other car on the planet it is the right stalk down. They had to go and reinvent this.

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Re:Hyundai Promises to Keep Buttons in Cars by Loughla on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @10:02AM (#35261119)

I am absolutely not defending Tesla at all, and do genuinely believe they do things that are incredibly stupid in auto design.

But - at one point, when the shift was the right stalk, wipers were controlled via a switch, knob, or other mechanism either on the dashboard or on the left stalk.

So. It's not like changes haven't happened before.

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Re:Hyundai Promises to Keep Buttons in Cars by EricE on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @06:56PM (#35268199)

They were still physical controls that offered tactile feedback and never moved so you could always operate them blindly.

Also my parents are older and something in their skin makes them routinely almost invisible to capacitive touch controls - heck I still have trouble from time to time getting displays to register reliably.

I loathe touch controls and will never buy a vehicle that only has touch controls. Luckily all my current cars are in excellent condition and I pamper the crap out of them. If I'm lucky I'll be able to be buried in them :p

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