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A New Car UI: How touch screen controls in cars should work

Matthaeus Krenn · demo · Watch on YouTube

UX & UI designCars, EVs & motorcycles

What it is

Matthaeus Krenn presents a concept for car touchscreen UI where the screen controls only one thing at a time, designed to suit driving. A tablet prototype accompanies the short demo.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Repeatedly cited in car touchscreen debates as an elegant, sensible alternative to distracting automotive UIs.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I feel compelled to share a video, now 9 years old, that shows how touch screens could be accommodated with sensible design in cars.”

    Shows touchscreens accommodated with sensible design suited to driving.

    ssalka, 2023-04 · Strong recommendation · in “The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature”

  2. “this engineer's proof of concept for a touch screen interface in a car [0]”

    Engineer's proof-of-concept touchscreen interface for cars.

    cyberferret, 2017-05 · Recommendation · in “Audi's logo rebrand”

  3. “I'd love to see something like this, even in a Tesla.”

    A car touchscreen interface the commenter would love to see in cars.

    hndamien, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Porsche Taycan revealed: $150,900 base price, 0-60 MPH in 3 seconds”

  4. “I still wish something like this UI would have caught on.”

    UI the commenter wishes had caught on in cars.

    lbayes, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Some new BMWs won't have touchscreens thanks to chip shortage”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: automotive ui, touchscreen, interaction design, prototype, driver distraction

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