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by zaidos 2809 days ago
Unfortunately, it is not just Tesla that is moving controls over to touch screen. The latest Honda vehicles have moved the majority of knobs to a touch interface.
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This needs to be regulated against, in my opinion.
It’s just bad UX. They will add some rotary encoders before long. No need to regulate it :)
if it is still touchscreen only there's not much way to improve it, you'll have to watch the pane of glass and not the road since there's no tactile information.
Tech for tactile feedback on touch screens exist today. https://www.theverge.com/ces/2017/1/5/14185134/tanvas-touchs...
Not sure I understand the downvotes with no comment...? Maybe a video is more convincing... https://youtu.be/JelhR2iPuw0?t=17s

Or this from BMW....https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/15/bmws-holoactive-touch-in-c...

Or Ultrahaptics... https://www.ultrahaptics.com/

The downvotes are probably because your proposed solution is ridiculously overengineered. Knobs have worked well for centuries.
Moving to voice would be a wiser option than fiddling with screen controls.
I could see a hybrid, but voice only wouldn't work for those with speech issues. I realize you could make the same argument that touch is a problem, but touch is required as a means for control of the automobiles basic functions where as speech wouldn't be.

You should be able to say "car, turn up the air and the music down".

I'm pretty confidant that all 2018\2019 Hondas have buttons and knobs for the volume and climate control functions, which was the complaint from the above poster.

Example...

http://owners.honda.com/vehicles/information/2018/Accord-Sed...