Car touchscreens are cheap, not good

Re:Car touchscreens are cheap, not good by scottyah on Monday July 06, 2026 @05:36PM (#48810819)

You're right- it was a generalization. I think the amount of actual dashboard-button-pressing without looking away is extremely low, probably 1 button. The rest might be usable a quick glance, but so is a touchscreen.

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Re:Car touchscreens are cheap, not good by Miraste on Monday July 06, 2026 @06:18PM (#48811239)

I suppose that's true. I was thinking of my car, which has a lot of buttons on the steering wheel itself. They're easy to use without looking, since you don't have to change your hand position, and I control music entirely with those.

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Re:Car touchscreens are cheap, not good by scottyah on Monday July 06, 2026 @08:14PM (#48812158)

I agree, wheel controls are my favorite!

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Re:Car touchscreens are cheap, not good by Timon3 on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @07:03AM (#48816110)

That entirely depends on the layout and shape/size/feeling of each button. If they're sufficiently different I'd guess 3-5 buttons is reasonable.

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