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Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back (spectrum.ieee.org)
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[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Finally. Are they actually hiring decent UX folks this time or are they using the people who designed 1980s VCR programming UIs again?

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You mean like the 1985 Subaru XT Coupe? God I love that cassette futurism look!

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Steering wheel looks like a gun which fits since it'll probably kill you

[–] Zerthax@reddthat.com 8 points 1 month ago

That is such a strange looking steering wheel.

[–] coaxil@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some of the most zany quirks and features of any car!

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Get outta here, Doug Demuro! Go back to YouTube!

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Funny part is it looks sci-fi to me.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

This will never not be sci fi to me lol

The retro futurism of the 80's was the best

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

did 80s VCRs even have OSD? we went from a top loading National to a hi-fi so basically skipped the 80s. and 90s VRC UX would be perfectly acceptable as far as I'm concerned.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

They mostly didn't have OSDs, they instead had indecipherable 7-segment and some fixed elements like 'Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa', with 2 or 3 buttons. The younger Gen-X/older Millennials got their reputation as 'whiz kids' in part by handling those interfaces on behalf of their mystified parents.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

80s and early 90s designed the best dashboards. Change my mind mf.