> If your cognitive functions are a limiting factor, sure?
> maybe read things twice.
> Read that again, slowly.
Ad hominem attacks, how nice.
> they add a touch screen and make it work by patching in voice.
Exactly. What I said: they made a horrible UX, and then patched it by adding more horrible UX. It's decidedly not what consumers want.
> people do want touchscreens and crappy voice controls,
Nope, people don't want that. But they are left no choice.
> MBUX is above the bar that's been set in useability, but they don't set the bar because they don't have the image or mind share to do so.
Because they are blind following the one-eyed, that's what you're saying. It does cost extra money and extra care to create a workable touch-screen experience that doesn't rely on "but there are tiny buttons on the wheel and voice controls". Volvo can do that (even though their touch screens are far from perfect), why can't Mercedez?
Oh, right, how can one forget, because horrible UX is "what people want because that's the bar". Cry me a river.
Edit. It's actually amazing that they have a 23-minute overview in a static non-moving car [1], and they keep
- doing accidental touches
- inputing wrong commands
- being very-very careful and precise with what they touch on screen because all the touch targets are so small
In a non-moving car. It's amazing, really, in a horrendous kind of way.
If you read slowly (which is not an insult, you clearly need to read and think about what you're reading before responding, because it's clear your just sending kneejerk reactions to every line I've written and not actually digesting them)
You'll understand that the crux of your misunderstanding, which I've clarified twice now is:
> they made a horrible UX, and then patched it by adding more horrible UX. It's decidedly not what consumers want.
It is what they want.
Go and look at which automaker is worth almost 1.5x Toyota's market cap after launching a car that gets you fined for changing your wiper speed since it's all on a touch screen.
Go look at which car people tout as the most futuristic.
I mean seriously, you'd have to be blind to not see that automakers are now chasing Tesla because people have convinced themselves, maybe through Musk's charisma or some misguided aspiration that this is the future:
I said it very plainly, you seem unable to divorce your personal preferences and views from reality of what people want.
I hate the giant touchscreens but that doesn't mean I'm going to ignore the fact people rant and rave about the interior that started this trend.
It also doesn't mean I'm not going to give credit where due as a manufacturer kowtows to demands, but manages to pull some additional function out of the burning wreckage that is now "what is in, in car UX".
Maybe if you read my comments through that lens instead of acting like this is some kind of high school debate team practice, you'll finally understand why I'm saying you're missing my point (repeatedly).
> maybe read things twice.
> Read that again, slowly.
Ad hominem attacks, how nice.
> they add a touch screen and make it work by patching in voice.
Exactly. What I said: they made a horrible UX, and then patched it by adding more horrible UX. It's decidedly not what consumers want.
> people do want touchscreens and crappy voice controls,
Nope, people don't want that. But they are left no choice.
> MBUX is above the bar that's been set in useability, but they don't set the bar because they don't have the image or mind share to do so.
Because they are blind following the one-eyed, that's what you're saying. It does cost extra money and extra care to create a workable touch-screen experience that doesn't rely on "but there are tiny buttons on the wheel and voice controls". Volvo can do that (even though their touch screens are far from perfect), why can't Mercedez?
Oh, right, how can one forget, because horrible UX is "what people want because that's the bar". Cry me a river.
Edit. It's actually amazing that they have a 23-minute overview in a static non-moving car [1], and they keep
- doing accidental touches
- inputing wrong commands
- being very-very careful and precise with what they touch on screen because all the touch targets are so small
In a non-moving car. It's amazing, really, in a horrendous kind of way.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQKloYcRMVE