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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@nathans +9001%

There's a reason in #aviation there are all dedicaded buttons and switches and no #touchscreens:

- Because people can blindly press buttons and turn dials without taking their eyes off the road!

Also said controls are way more intuitive because they all are presented on a single & flat control plane with only settings that users don't need to access during driving (i.e. audio equalizer & -presets) put onto a secondary control plane because it's not expected that one has to fumble with these or that if anyone wants to, they'll have time to pull over and stop driving...

- Not to mention simple buttons - even a custom faceplate of those - are cheaper than a touchscreen and way easier to get used to.

If I want a touchscreen in my car I'd just take Smartphone and put it into a holder.

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The fact that as of writing no car [that I'm aware of] comes [from the factory by default] with a smartphone holder with adjustable USB-C charging connector for a smooth experience of just "PnP" charging and audio in the peripheral vision of the driver is beyond me.


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What am I supposed to do with a center console that is wider than the middle front seat of a #CrownVic? And why does it have some shitty armrest with a tiny compartment??

Personally, the more I've driven cars made after 2010 the more angry I get...

25 Sep 2024 at 19:50 | Wall-to-wall | Open on infosec.space
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:rainbow_heart: Pandora

@kkarhan @nathans

Fun fact. There's a bunch of companies bringing touchscreens to aviation and it's every bit as awful as you can imagine.

25 Sep 2024 at 19:52 | Open on beach.city
Kevin Karhan :verified:

@pandora_parrot @nathans I sincerely hope the #EASA & #FAA will ban that shit and refuse to certify it because the only place where a #touchscreen as an interface is good is in a calm, vibration-free envoirment (i.e. flightplanning, pre-flight checklists, etc.)

- Something neither cars and espechally not planes are in the worst-case scenarios, and that means hurricane penetration flights with a turboprop!

Guess why #Airbus funded the research for a font designed for aerospace applications?

- Because this isn't a matter of "corporate design" but being able to read vital data under stress and in extreme conditions.

This is why emergency checklists to this day are printed on paper and kept in the cockpit: Because it's faster and more reliable and more intuitive alternative to a tablet or even eBook-Reader...

@pandora_parrot @nathans I sincerely hope the #EASA & #FAA will ban that shit and refuse to certify it because the only place where a #touchscreen as an interface is good is in a calm, vibration-free envoirment (i.e. flightplanning, pre-flight checklists, etc.)

- Something neither cars and espechally not planes are in the worst-case scenarios, and that means hurricane penetration flights with a turboprop!

25 Sep 2024 at 20:28 | Open on infosec.space
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