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Re:The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature by Dylan16807 on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @08:38PM (#35721815)
I think it's because they talk about "hundreds of buttons" and then mention they don't actually use the touch screen, they use voice.
Re:The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature by fnordpiglet on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @10:51PM (#35722753)
I do use the touch screen, but when doing complex driving tasks I don’t. I don’t think I specifically am advocating for touch screens as the singular interface. I’m advocating that buttons are a terrible singular interface. In fact, I use the steering wheel buttons extensively while driving. It’s only when I want something not core to the act of driving, like changing the song or some other ancillary function, do I go to voice command. The touch screen I use primarily when I’m stopped or as a passenger. But I’d rather that than have a hundred buttons decorating the center console. It’s not a reasonable user interface for things that aren’t necessary to have at a quick finger index.

On the downvoting, don’t be obtuse. On HN people downvote if they disagree with an opinion. I don’t particularly take much notice of either direction on the voting. Internet points don’t count for much, and I’d rather enjoy my discourse than scrounge for points.

Re:The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature by Dylan16807 on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @11:20PM (#35722932)
I'm not being obtuse when I say you'd have better odds if you stopped saying "hundred(s) of buttons".

My car has less than 25 buttons on the center console, plus three dials for climate control. If you removed the buttons dealing with CDs it would be more like 15.