[Info-vax] [OT] touchscreen UIs

[Dave Froble]

On 6/13/2023 8:24 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-06-12, Andy Burns <usenet at andyburns.uk> wrote:
>> Simon Clubley wrote:
>>
>>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>
>>>> Try design a car using 40 year
>>>> old practices and compare the result to a modern car.
>>>>
>>>
>>> If that results in a car with real physical buttons for everything,
>>> that would be an improvement.
>>
>> My 6 year old car has two screens, but neither is a touchscreen, have
>> they all stopped having physical buttons during that time?
>>
>
> It's heading that way (apart from the mandatory controls). :-(
>
> It appears the cretins responsible for "modern" UI designs have now
> been let loose on the vehicle UIs.
>
> Some reading for you:
>
> https://www.themanual.com/auto/touchscreen-in-car-less-safe-than-buttons/
>
> Here is a balanced review that discusses both the positive and negative
> aspects of touchscreens and categorises the various vehicle controls:
>
> https://www.theturnsignalblog.com/blog/touch-screens/
>
> Finally, here's some research done on modern flat UIs in general:
>
> https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-ui-less-attention-cause-uncertainty/
>
> Simon.
>

I'm not much into touch screens.  But I do have a phone, and a tablet.  I'm 
never sure if a touch will work, sometimes yes, sometimes no.  So, in a car, 
heading for a tree, touch "BREAK", and nothing happens, while punching on the 
screen all the way to the tree.

Well, maybe if a radar was reading the tree, and automatic breaking would be 
invoked ....

Recently read some news where the Tesla self driving option had over 700 
crashes, and 17 deaths ....

Wonder what the stats on the automatic braking might be ....

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