cars used to be so well designed. you never had to look down at a screen to see what was going on, it was just there, at your finger tips. You could tell what gear you were in, if the handbrake, lights, indicators were on/off or virtually anything without taking your eyes off the road for even a second. The interface had evolved with everything being exactly where it ought to be. When you changed it it made a reassuring clunk so that you knew. Now it seems like everyone is reconfiguring the keymappings on a 90s flight simulator while they're driving.
This is why I desperately hope that manufacturers don't follow Tesla's example of putting everything in a digital UI. It makes sense when you have a limited amount of space in which to support infinite uses (e.g. a smartphone) but not in something like a car where having dedicated, tactile controls is both a safety benefit and a more enjoyable user experience.
The really annoying thing is that now they have touchscreen computers but you still need some proprietary hardware tool to fix software problems in the car. Why do no cars expose debug info / service tools in their UIs?
My Skoda has an issue with headlight levelling and I'm pretty sure it just needs some kind of software reset or recalibration but they just don't let you. Infuriating!
