Comment on People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars
ReCursing@kbin.social 1 year ago
Touch screens in cars are stupid: you need to take your eyes off the road to use them. Buttons and knobs, once you have learned them, can be operated by touch and maybe a quick flick of your eyes.
My opinion is that touch screens should be for passengers only. Display screens are fine, but if physical buttons are so unacceptable, then we need voice control that actually works.
Also, I'm surprised no one has started a company to retrofit buttons and switches into modern cars. Whatever kind of headache that would be to design and install, I'd like to see it work.
My 09 focus actually had a fantastic voice control. Never seen anything nearly as intuitive or operational.
My current vehicle is 7 years newer and I don't even know what the voice button does.
and let's not forget the back and forth rocking game you play anytime you try to push a touchscreen when the road is not perfectly flat
Vonkilington@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Love my Mazda3 for saying “no” to touchscreens. The knob is great!
devilstrip@midwest.social 1 year ago
I love the knob but hate that in 2021 they ‘upgraded’ the auto start to being in an app.