Honda bucks industry trend by removing touchscreen controls:
Honda has done what no other car maker is doing, and returned to analogue controls for some functions on the new Honda Jazz.
While most manufacturers are moving to touchscreen controls, identifying smartphone use as their inspiration - most recently seen in Audi's latest A3 - Honda has decided to reintroduce heating and air conditioning controls via a dial rather than touchscreen, as in the previous-generation Jazz.
Jazz project leader Takeki Tanaka explained: "The reason is quite simple - we wanted to minimise driver disruption for operation, in particular, for the heater and air conditioning.
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It seems to me that neither physical controls nor voice controlled operation are fundamentally incompatible with cars being both smart and connected.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @01:11PM (6 children)
DannyB -- can you clear up what you meant by this (in tfa):
It seems to me that neither physical controls nor voice controlled operation are fundamentally incompatible with cars being both smart and connected.
Plea to submitters and eds -- strive for as many positives as possible. If using a negative, one at a time please.
(Score: 5, Funny) by DannyB on Wednesday April 01 2020, @03:40PM (5 children)
Mabye I had introduced enough negatives and then rewrote that sentence enough to confuse myself into a state being confused about my own confusion. Or maybe not being not confused about how much I might not have been confused. It's difficult to say.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 3, Funny) by acid andy on Wednesday April 01 2020, @04:54PM (4 children)
Although I did find the post amusing, I just gave you a +1 Funny for your sig.:
It reminds me a little of the gender-neutral toilet seat, which naturally rests at 45 degrees.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 01 2020, @05:30PM (2 children)
Don't blame the editors. It's not their fault. They may have entered a catatonic fugue like state after reading what I wrote.
At least they don't have to read my code.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @06:29PM (1 child)
> Don't blame the editors.
Just out of curiosity, do editors ever consult with a story-submitter, to clarify some point or another?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Wednesday April 01 2020, @06:42PM
Sometimes, yes, if/when possible.
(my internet was down for the past day! bsbgfsdf)
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 01 2020, @06:28PM
> 45 degrees
What a great hack for 4/1! My SO happens to be away (supporting an aging parent) but if she's around next year on April 1, I'm going to slip in some kind of support so that the seat sits at 45 deg.