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Consumer backlash against touchscreens in cars is winning; automakers concede, return to buttons. (youtu.be)
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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It’s like everyone collectively forgot about precisely how much effort has been put into physical human interface design over the years. In models from less than a decade ago, Mercedes was calibrating dashboard push buttons to require precisely one Newton of force to actuate… and now we have this “slap the screen in the vicinity of what is maybe a button a few times to maybe get the thing you want to happen”. I know, it’s cheaper, but… come on.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Because execs gauge by the stock market and Tesla's stock valuation was more than Toyota's for some reason. Number must go up, always and cutting costs makes number go up.