As part of the Vox Code conference, organized in early September in California, the former Apple designer spoke about the touch screens of our vehicles. For him, the limits of multitouch controls have been reached and a return to more physical controls would be relevant.
Jony Ive loves buttons, especially when they make interacting with our cars more efficient. Invited to participate, at the beginning of September and alongside Tim Cook, in the Vox Code conference, the former chief designer of Apple spoke about the multitouch tactile controls which tend to proliferate in the passenger compartment of recent vehicles. And in this case, he sees the limits.
Interviewed by Kara Swisher, a journalist who moderated a debate on current design trends, Jony Ive admitted that there was ” fabulous possibilities with interfaces such as multitouch “, but that its use was in certain cases too frequent, in particular with regard to the automotive sector, he indicated. According to him, and as reported The Vergethe return to more physical controls would be good.
The British designer, whose divorce from Apple is now fully finalized, added that arbitration would be necessary to ” have interfaces and products that are [à la fois] more tactile and more physically engaging “. A balance to be found and a subject that is debated in the automotive industry, when more and more controls that were once physical (such as managing the temperature, ventilation or even certain driving assistance) are now using the on-board computer and its touch screen.
Dangerous touch screens?
This gradual abandonment of buttons and other physical knobs also raises questions about driver safety. Because according to tests conducted by the Swedish magazine Vi Bilagare, the time and attention required to make these adjustments through physical controls would still be far less than through touch interactions.
Thus, an action that takes 10 seconds to perform on a 2015 Volvo V70 takes 23 seconds on a Tesla Model 3. This is a time during which the driver is less attentive to the road, leading to an increased risk of an accident. as we saw in a previous article on the subject.
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