Tesla Model X owner from China has attached a panel of physical buttons to the vehicle's main control unit for quicker access to some key functions.

Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough Of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons::Tesla Model X owner from China has attached a panel of physical buttons to the vehicle’s main control unit for quicker access to some key functions.

  • Curious Canid@lemmy.caEnglish
    54·
    1 year ago

    This seems like a great idea to me. Touch screens are a terrible way to operate controls while driving. Some car companies have begun backing off from the trend and are moving back to buttons for some functions.

    • phx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Touch screens are great for dynamic interfaces, but terrible for anything that involves feedback or a tactile experience.

      My vehicle - though not a Tesla - still pisses me off that all the stereo controls except the power button are touch-based (even power appears to be a software-activated button as it failed once when the unit locked up). The saving point on my vehicle is that the steering controls (volume, prev/next) do still exist as physical buttons.

      At the very least, they’re should be a physical on/off, and physical dials/controls for volume and heating adjustments so a driver can change those without taking eyes off the road.

    • Uncle_BagelEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      They are trying to avoid the federal government from intervening. Study after study keeps coming out about how dangerous hiant touch screens in cars are, but they are way cheaper to install for manufacturers so they keep trying to force them on consumers.