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    • KapteinB
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      2 years ago

      Jeff linked this in the comment section of that article about the navy ship that collided partially because of poorly designed touchscreen controls. Interesting to see some car manufacturers move in this direction.

      • thorgalle
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        2 years ago

        I think it makes sense. Is this going back to a time before touchscreens? Or did the arrival of high-res LCD screens in cars coincide with touchscreens?

        “Doing our research, when a driver would reach towards a touch-screen interface in any vehicle, they would unintentionally apply torque to the steering wheel, and the vehicle would drift out of its lane position,”

        I don’t own a car right now, but I recently rented a Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid twice, which has a small touchscreen. Although Apple CarPlay apps clearly do consider minimizing touch interaction, I did notice the tendency to swerve when interacting with it. And some basics were not there: I could not pause audio without looking away from the road.

        I’d be interested to try a car with fine motor controls like the Mazda 3 that minimizes the needs to look at your hands to accomplish tasks & I hope CarPlay (apps) can integrate with these. It reminds of keyboard shortcuts vs point-and-click input. Combined with improved voice commands it sounds like the way to go.

        Gotta read that ship article!