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Tesla Model X Owner Has Had Enough Of Minimalism, Adds Physical Buttons::Tesla Model X owner from China has attached a panel of physical buttons to the vehicle's main control unit for quicker access to some key functions.

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[–] unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

I read Tesla X owner and immedeately thought of Musk

[–] bobslaede@feddit.dk 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It is not a Model X in the video

[–] slayback@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You are right. It’s a model Y. I see no evidence of a Model X owner doing this in the article or video.

[–] bobslaede@feddit.dk 4 points 2 years ago

The article mentions it several times, but there is no evidence of it.

I still think it’s theoretically possible to do a touch interface right… but nobody has figured it out yet. Any interaction that requires you to navigate between multiple menus while driving is doing it wrong, but if you could get all the relevant buttons on screen, in predictable enough locations that people can click them while driving, it could work….

But at that point I’m not sure there’s much benefit to the screen vs physical buttons.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I must be in the minority. I hate loads of physical buttons with a passion. I had to get a rental recently and ordered a Jetta but the only car they had available when I landed was a Mercedes. I was pumped because I figured it’d be nice. I hated it. So many buttons all over the place with little hieroglyphs that meant nothing to me. Trying to find anything was impossible.

That being said, I never mess with the screen while driving. There’s nothing that I ever need to do that is so important I can’t wait until I hit a light or am in a safe spot, buttons or not.

Edit: This is so representative of Lemmy… simply having a different opinion or preference gets downvoted. The discussion on here is so much worse than Reddit was.

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