alt Hacker NewsTesla does a great job not having buttons. I think the real issue is that other car companies have bad interfaces that make physical buttons necessary. Tesla just has a great UI that does not need physical buttons.
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Synthetic7346 • yesterday at 4:16 PM
I disagree, taking my eyes off the road to change climate controls is bad UI/UX
eep_social • yesterday at 4:18 PM
“great UI” and “burned to death because the door handle wasn’t” is a bold juxtaposition
platevoltage • today at 12:45 AM
No. They don't. They unleashed this touch screen plague upon the entire car industry because they were too cheap to engineer a proper control panel.
grassfedgeek • yesterday at 4:14 PM
Even a great UI requires you to take eyes off the road.
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Exactly - I own a Tesla and an id.buzz and it’s just insulting how bad the user experience is on the buzz.
I don’t need buttons for the rear view mirrors or lights, I need them to do the right thing for me instead. VW not saving the position of the rear view mirrors on my profile is stupid. Having a hardware button for the seat position “profile” is stupid. Having walk away lock locking and unlocking the bus in a loop in you stay within range with the fob is stupid. Having a fob is stupid.
Those are the software issues you need to fix VW, if you ever want my business again.
Edit: and since people seem to care about AC buttons: the id.buzz has AC buttons! But they are right under the infotainment screen… and capacitive :) the Tesla’s screen is much easier to manipulate.