Stop Hiding My Controls: Hidden Interface Controls Are Affecting Usability

Re:Stop Hiding My Controls: Hidden Interface Controls Are Af... by jeroenhd on Sunday July 06, 2025 @07:23AM (#44479753)

Both lane assist and backup cameras are mandatory safety systems for new cars in the EU. Same goes for things like tired driver detection and other stuff that was considered opulent luxury ten years ago.

With the land tanks we call SUVs today, I can imagine it wasn't hard for politicians to decide that mirrors are no longer enough to navigate a car backwards.

Still, you don't need touch screens. Lane assist can be a little indicator on a dashboard with a toggle somewhere if you want to turn it off, it doesn't need a menu. A backup camera can be a screen tucked away in the dash that's off unless you've put your car in reverse. We may need processing to happen somewhere, but it doesn't need to happen in a media console with a touch screen.

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Re:Stop Hiding My Controls: Hidden Interface Controls Are Af... by everdrive on Sunday July 06, 2025 @08:02AM (#44479987)

You can actually put a backup camera in the rearview mirror. Back before rollover protection cars had quite amazing visibility. Best vehicle visibility I've had in the past 5 years was actually a 1997 F-150. You'd think it's a big truck, but you could more or less see all around you, and it didn't have that crazy high front hood either.

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Re:Stop Hiding My Controls: Hidden Interface Controls Are Af... by anton-c on Sunday July 06, 2025 @08:46AM (#44480340)

Yeah my big old truck has basically no blind spot. I'm getting a new work vehicle soon and am going to need to retrain my brain hard.

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