jstn:

This is Mercedes’ new embedded car computer infotainment… thing. Look how fucking awful it is. Car companies are getting dragged kicking and screaming into a world where they have to pay enormous attention to software and user interface, and they’re blowing it in spectacular fashion. Even BMW, the “Apple” of automobile engineering, has an in-dash UI so terrible that I think it’s doing significant damage to their brand. Why do all of these things have a “command knob” surrounded by a zillion other anonymous buttons? Have none of these designers used a cell phone since 2007?
Nissan is at least trying with the Leaf, though it still looks a bit like a tumorous growth rather than something smoothly integrated with the rest of the machine. Seriously, is anyone else doing anything interesting with car UI?

jstn:

This is Mercedes’ new embedded car computer infotainment… thing. Look how fucking awful it is. Car companies are getting dragged kicking and screaming into a world where they have to pay enormous attention to software and user interface, and they’re blowing it in spectacular fashion. Even BMW, the “Apple” of automobile engineering, has an in-dash UI so terrible that I think it’s doing significant damage to their brand. Why do all of these things have a “command knob” surrounded by a zillion other anonymous buttons? Have none of these designers used a cell phone since 2007?

Nissan is at least trying with the Leaf, though it still looks a bit like a tumorous growth rather than something smoothly integrated with the rest of the machine. Seriously, is anyone else doing anything interesting with car UI?

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