What if you put one finger down to activate the interface, and tap with another finger (while still holding the first one on the display) to cycle through the menu?
This requires at least two fingers, but would allow for control of more settings, and would’t require you to remember how far apart your fingers need to be to get access to a control. You could have the car dictate the currently selected / active setting as you cycled through.
a touch screen is essentially one big button. It hides away all the complexities of a physical interface.
The problem with this is people tend to add a lot of extras. I wrote[0] that the internet radio thing cannot be done in the Tesla without a touchscreen.
FWIW, this idea is slightly better than the one in my Tesla screen complaint, but still not any better.
htp|12 years ago
What if you put one finger down to activate the interface, and tap with another finger (while still holding the first one on the display) to cycle through the menu?
This requires at least two fingers, but would allow for control of more settings, and would’t require you to remember how far apart your fingers need to be to get access to a control. You could have the car dictate the currently selected / active setting as you cycled through.
chewxy|12 years ago
The problem with this is people tend to add a lot of extras. I wrote[0] that the internet radio thing cannot be done in the Tesla without a touchscreen.
FWIW, this idea is slightly better than the one in my Tesla screen complaint, but still not any better.
[0]http://blog.chewxy.com/2014/02/04/the-switchless-switch/
michaelmcmillan|12 years ago