[recursivedoubts]

glad to see some physical buttons, but there aren't nearly enough of them and they aren't differentiated enough

the emergency lights button should be colored red and elevated because it needs to be interacted with in high-stress situations

temperature should be set with a slider rather than a toggle switch because then a given temperature selection becomes spatially consistent and selecting max-hot or max-cold is instant and obvious

and so on

all in all better than expected and shows that we are moving past the "everything is an ipad" phase of civilizational development

[nubg]

Agreed. I wonder why they didnt immediately think of that (slider for temperature etc).

Is it our hubris as armchair UI designers that we miss obvious problems? Is it internal politics? Is it bureaucracy? Is it hardware difficulties?

[recursivedoubts]

i think physical sliders are aesthetically fairly ugly (although two vertical sliders on either side of the control cluster could look good)

they also make it difficult to support an "auto" function, because they would need to move automatically to maintain a consistent user experience

sliders aren't used very often in cars now so it is probably harder to find well made components for them

etc

hopefully as the automakers move back to physical inputs they bring back these sorts of controls