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Re: Touch screens in cars

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On 2021-01-20, Kerr-Mudd,John <notsaying@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:10:43 GMT, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
> <steveo@eircom.net> wrote: 
>
>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 05:46:19 -0700
>> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I was thinking about my perennial rant about drivers having to take
>>> their eyes iff the road to use touchscreen controls, and have thought
>>> of a (probably not original solution). Fabricate the screen with a
>>> slightly raised grid that the driver can feel, and then lay out the
>>> controls relative to the grid. For a given set of controls  the
>>> driver might know, for example, that to turn up the A/C the button is
>>> second column from the right, third row, It should be possible to
>>> perform frequently used operations without taking his eyes off the
>>> road, just like pre touch-screen operation.
>
> I trust that the James Bond Eject button isn't next to it.
>> 
>>      I like that a lot provided the manufacturers refrain from
>> rearranging things every update.

Oh well, it was a nice thought.  Watch out for that eject button
next year.

>> It should even be easy enough to retrofit using something like
>> PCB layout tape (who else remembers using that ?). 
>
> Pah, I recall when "all" headlights were round & 6" diameter, so 
> interchangeable. 

Yeah, thank God the threat of standardization was once again averted.

> As recently (20 years? that's OK here) encountered with phone charging 
> socket/plugs.

But Apple keeps on trying.  That's why our car has cables with
micro-USB connectors for my gadgets and Lightning connectors
for my wife's gadgets.

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Touch screens in cars Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-01-20 05:46 -0700
  Re: Touch screens in cars "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-20 14:24 +0100
    Re: Touch screens in cars Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-01-22 17:10 -0700
      Re: Touch screens in cars J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-01-22 19:55 -0500
      Re: Touch screens in cars scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-01-23 00:55 +0000
  Re: Touch screens in cars Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-01-20 13:10 +0000
    Re: Touch screens in cars "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2021-01-20 16:16 +0000
      Re: Touch screens in cars Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-01-20 16:51 +0000
        Re: Touch screens in cars J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-01-20 12:52 -0500
          Re: Touch screens in cars Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-01-20 19:37 +0000
            Re: Touch screens in cars Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-01-20 18:00 -0500
            Re: Touch screens in cars Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-01-22 17:10 -0700
              Re: Touch screens in cars Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-01-22 20:34 -0500
                Re: Touch screens in cars J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-01-22 20:45 -0500
            Re: Touch screens in cars dave@661.org (David Griffith) - 2021-02-09 02:04 +0000
          Re: Touch screens in cars Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2021-01-21 13:03 +0000
            Re: Touch screens in cars Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-01-21 18:10 +0000
              Re: Touch screens in cars J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-01-21 17:01 -0500
      Re: Touch screens in cars Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-01-20 13:21 -0500
        Re: Touch screens in cars J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2021-01-20 14:22 -0500
          Re: Touch screens in cars Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-01-20 14:48 -0500
            Re: Touch screens in cars Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-01-20 20:23 +0000
              Re: Touch screens in cars "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2021-01-20 21:31 +0000
                Re: Touch screens in cars Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-01-20 22:01 +0000
                Re: Touch screens in cars Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-01-20 18:14 -0500
                Re: Touch screens in cars Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-01-21 09:19 +0000
                Re: Touch screens in cars "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2021-01-21 10:06 +0000
                Re: Touch screens in cars Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2021-01-22 07:37 +0000
                Re: Touch screens in cars Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-01-22 07:53 +0000
                Re: Touch screens in cars Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2021-01-22 12:02 +0000
                Re: lotsa RAM, Touch screens in cars John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2021-01-22 20:06 +0000
              Re: Touch screens in cars Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-01-20 18:08 -0500
                Re: Touch screens in cars Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-01-21 00:48 +0000
  Re: Touch screens in cars Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2021-01-20 08:44 -0500
  Re: Touch screens in cars scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-01-20 15:45 +0000
    Re: Touch screens in cars Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-01-20 16:28 +0000
      Re: Touch screens in cars Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-01-20 16:51 +0000
  Re: Touch screens in cars JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2021-01-20 09:55 -0600
    Re: Touch screens in cars "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2021-01-20 16:22 +0000
      Re: Touch screens in cars Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-01-20 16:51 +0000
        Re: Touch screens in cars Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2021-01-20 15:29 -0400
        Re: Touch screens in cars "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2021-01-20 21:33 +0000
      Re: Touch screens in cars Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2021-01-20 16:39 +0000
        Re: Touch screens in cars "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2021-01-20 21:34 +0000
  Re: Touch screens in cars Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-01-20 22:35 -0500
    Re: Touch screens in cars Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-01-21 06:18 +0000
    Re: Touch screens in cars Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-01-21 06:18 +0000

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