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  • Hyundai is slowly backing away from the all-screen approach to interior design.
  • Hyundai Design North America Vice President Ha Hak-soo said that people "get stressed, annoyed and steamed when they want to control something in a pinch but are unable to do so."
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[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Good. Can every other company please do this too??

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I once rented a Mini Countryman and was pleasantly surprised by the highly tactile switches they use. They felt like aircraft switches in that they had weight and springy resistance to them. Much better than all this touchscreen nonsense.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Got a Tucson to test for a few weeks. I was delighted to give it back. It was infuriating to use, the glass slab caught every light and felt like it was at 103% of the perfect distance everywhere I needed to touch.

The worst thing about modern cars though, outside of the sim card live locations and data scraping, is the safety message on start up that needs confirmation and the fucking safety pause on android auto. I hate it.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Had a loaner Ford edge with the giant PITA display. Want to adjust the temperature? You have to look way down at the bottom and then slide the adjuster !!!SLiDE your fucking finger in a small area!!! Sooooo fucking stupid! And it is three taps to turn pretty much anything on. Just give me dials and switches.

[–] Mr_Blott 15 points 2 days ago

Pffft they're doing it because the EU is going to force this in a year or two, I bet

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

To me it's about balance and design. I've been in cars with too many physical buttons and those can be a distraction too.

[–] brap@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is true. I mean who ever needed the ability to dial a phone number manually from the dashboard? Among others.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

As a 90s kid I'm incredibly good at T9 text input, which is what I use the phone buttons in my car for

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[–] Skanky@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I drive a 2023 Sonata N-Line. I feel like Hyundai got this one absolutely perfect as far as balancing physical buttons versus touch screen buttons. Every single important driving control has a physical button that is easy to reach and feel while keeping your eyes on the road. The only exception might be the control to turn the highway driving assist feature on and off. The touch screen is large and extremely responsive and has a multitude settings, but nothing that you would need immediately while driving. Absolutely love this car

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Yeah, the current Tucson and Konas seem pretty well-balanced here too.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My current car has a fairly large screen for media, gps, and some other in depth settings that don't need to be addressed while driving.

The rest is physical buttons and I honestly really like that hybrid approach to this.

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I'm fine with touchscreen for infotainment and navigation shit - as long as they give me a physical volume knob. HVAC and lighting and such should all be physical switches/buttons/knobs.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now if only they could start building usable engines, it'd be great.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (9 children)

The “Firman” generators you buy at Costco are honestly fantastic. They have saved my bacon for years on end on a budget since I live in Northern California where we pay literally the highest electricity prices in the entire planet for the privilege of having 1-2 outages per month.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

????? i was talking about car engines? Hyundai's Theta engine series has been cursed with design flaws and horrible machining quality for so many years now that I don't really trust any of their vehicles enough to even consider switching to one.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

“Firman” and “Hyundai” are the same engine manufacturer. Maybe they suck at scaling up, the small engines I have purchased from them have stood up to a lot of abuse.

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Just make it a good amount of buttons. Not 500 that all look and feel the same. And it'll be alright. My car is old and has very few buttons. Plus a radio and 3 large knobs to control the AC. I think that's the best concept. I don't even have to look at them most of the times, because it's not that many similar ones.

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