Return of Physical Button controls

those mustangs were light because much of the body was rusted away

 

Author Andrea Nepori, writing in domusweb.it suggests that auto manufacturers are slowly starting to realize something may be wrong, and that maybe they should fix it:

Goodbye, Tesla-style giant touchscreens: cars return to physical buttons - Domus

 

It's a more than "physical buttons"; think it's back to square one for dashboard design.

Perhaps a standard needs to be set, and a team of certified testers established, to try a dashboard mock-up and either approve it, or send them back for redesign. Criteria is simple as heck: can these controls be safely, quickly and reliably operated, without taking eyes off the road. Today that's virtually never the case. Twenty years back, it was the norm. Attached is an example of acceptable heat/vent controls:

 

It would be nice to have a button for everything, but there just isn't any practical way to do it.
I think we will still have touch screen buttons for the foreseeable future.

 

Disagree with andrea, manufacturers are winners in this scenario, there’s no going back

 

I'm good, thanks.
When GMC goes over to touch screens I will start seeing other dealers.

I might anyway.....
I told my CFO this morning that I want something inexpensive and practical for my 'retirement car.'

 

I thought jeeps were expensive

 

Dangit!
Forgot to use the sarcasm font AGAIN!

 

Not the old-skool analog ones. Why they don't even have infotainment systems!