[sgustard]

I used to drive a 2001 S-class ... easily counted nearly 100 physical buttons within reach of the driver. In theory you could use the 10-digit keypad like an old flip phone to enter a physical address into the navigation, but is that really what people want to go back to?

[m463]

I missed navigation.

I think it is a natural fit for the touchscreen. Tesla navigation is not perfect, but it is very good. You can pan/zoom the map with swipes which is LOTS better than buttons. You can also search for an address in specific or general terms and are not forced into some highly structured address format.

For example a ford I used had this weird out-of-order way of "enter street number" or "enter zipcode" and "enter street name" with a weird type-ahead/completion that was just... bad.

With tesla, you have a search field. You can type "123 main street, anytown" to find a specific address, or "home depot anytown". But you can just type "home depot" and choose from the list which puts recent on top, then closest to furthest. They also show up as pins all over the map and you can just choose one.

I guess you could also use voice nav. I kind of hate voice nav that is uploaded to the cloud (and they lie) I have an offline garmin car gps that lets me talk to it.

[dlcarrier]

Was that the system that required you enter the address backward? Like you couldn't navigate to 123 Alder Street, Springfield, East Virgina, but instead, you had to enter East Virginia, then Springfield, then Alder Street, then 123?

I had a family member who loved Mercedes cars, but I couldn't stand them and am pretty sure that all of their user interface ideas were tested with focus groups to make sure they only went with the worst ideas possible.

[CrimsonRain]

Some people just want a faster horse :)