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.
No doubt in my mind they’ll remove you from the fast charge network if you plug this in the U.S. Even more now as this is making rounds online.
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.
I hate loads of physical buttons with a passion.
I don’t think anyone wants that either. But there can be a balance of physical buttons you use while driving the car and virtual buttons to configure settings and other such things you don’t do often and/or don’t do while driving.
Things like turning on the headlights and wipers and shifting the vehicle should absolutely have physical controls.
Things like navigation and traction control should have virtual buttons.
There can be a balance.
I read Tesla X owner and immedeately thought of Musk
Honestly surprised that Tesla allowed him to modify his car without charging him a $30,000 fine or something.
Yeah Teslas mostly seem like big integrated bricks of tech that you have to throw out if one part breaks, wouldn’t have expected this level of individual modification was possible. Now they just need to make this an option for everyone!
(author) "…but it obviously defeats the whole purpose of minimalism. "
Fucking dumbass, A single button to do one thing IS minimalism. A screen area to many ISNT
