Yes, that is a thought-provoking article. Designers driving behavior and the good/bad calculation of that design: I submit that depends on designer intent. Is the goal a safe car, or an addictive app on your smartphone to sell advertising?
Re: auto design, and the friction point you describe. Is that friction good because MB has you trained and now MB is the only answer to driving? I despise most modern automatic transmission selectors, with strange motions required to get forward or reverse or park. SWMBO's Infiniti (Nissan) has the same headlight control on the turn signal stalk, and then another stalk on the other side for wipers. Some rentals I've driven combine the cruise control and rear windshield wiper onto those stalks, more opportunities to get confused. I guess we should be glad there is still one steering wheel and the two or three foot pedals haven't changed position or function. I do like some of the rental car seats which are all manual controls, eliminating the switches and motors and wiring that my 124 cars have. I would consider that an upgrade in usefulness if I could retro-fit those type of seats and get the color / material to match. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 9:27 PM Clay Monroe via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This may not be off topic, but I found the article interesting enough to > go look for the book > > https://www.wired.com/story/how-dumb-design-wwii-plane-led-macintosh/ > > I wonder how much the dumbing down of the user experience has impacted the > newer model cars. I had to drive SWMBA’s ‘yota of choice to class today > and was boggled at getting accessories to function the way I required > (wipers, heat). Years of driving Mercedes had me trained as to where > things I needed to have function belonged. And those systems had been in > those exact locations over at least a 50 year period. I am not sure if > they remain there today, but I am sure I could sit in any Benz built since > 1960 and knobs and buttons would be where they belonged, and I could drive > right off. Not so with this car. Too many buttons and whistle features I > could not figure out. Even worse, the “yota I am supposed to be driving > will not arrive for two more weeks, and I will not be back to ANC until > 2020 to learn all its tricks. > > I will be so pleased to get behind the wheel of the SDL and transport > myself in comfort for the next six weeks. > > > clay > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
