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Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons. (www.wsj.com)

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The tyranny of touch screens may be coming to an end.

Companies have spent nearly two decades cramming ever more functions onto tappable, swipeable displays. Now buttons, knobs, sliders and other physical controls are making a comeback in vehicles, appliances and personal electronics.

In cars, the widely emulated ultra-minimalism of Tesla’s touch-screen-centric control panels is giving way to actual buttons, knobs and toggles in new models from Kia, BMW’s Mini, and Volkswagen, among others. This trend is delighting reviewers and making the display-focused interiors of Tesla and its imitators feel passé.

Similar re-buttonization is occurring in everything from e-readers to induction stoves.

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[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

In colder parts of the world you actually drive with mittens on. I have no idea how’s that going to work with modern touch screen cars.

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Heated steering wheels

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that would be nice. My previous car had a diesel engine, so you can imagine how much I would have loved to have a heater in there. Also, the windshield was totally old-school too, so no heating there either. Just start the engine, and start scraping. Every. Morning. Well, at least the seats were warm, but literally nothing else was.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've seen gloves with tips on the fingers for using touch screens!

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I have those gloves too. They’re ok for mildly chill weather like 0 °C, but when the inside of the car goes below -10 °C you really begin to miss proper mittens. When it’s -20 °C, mittens are the only realistic option.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They also just don't work at all when they get wet. This tends to be a problem when your car is covered in snow and ice, of course.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

LOL. Several levels deep in first world problems…

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

I mean, my car is an older Corolla, so almost entirely physical buttons. My phone, however...

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago

I have some. They really suck ass. You can muddle through but it's not really an ideal solution.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

You either have to purchase special capacitance-enabled globes (like silver) or else take them off for every button press that you want to make. :-(