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Comment by Melatonic | Hacker News Reader

Honestly I do not get how they go away with so much touchscreen - that should be illegal honestly. You very quickly learn the buttons and knobs in your car for basic activities and do not even need to look. Not to mention a single point of failure with that touchscreen!

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This reminds me of Blackberry saying “enterprise users need a real keyboard” when the iPhone was launched.

Which isn’t to say you’re wrong, a driving experience isn’t the same, but I’m sure that experience was the guiding principle behind Tesla going full touchscreen.

That being said apple put a lot of work on the keyboard experience with haptics and fuzzy hit design to make it as functional as it is. I’m not sure Tesla has done the same level of usability work.

The difference is you are walking / sitting when using your iPhone with the touchscreen.

Trying to find out what mode to be in to turn up the heat when going 70mph is a recipe for disaster no matter how much money they pour into it.

When I look at other road users, I find quite a lot of them are driving when using their iPhones :).

I personally have a theory that there'd be fewer texting and driving accidents if we had BlackBerrys with physical keyboards instead of touch screens.

They get away by cutting corners. The Tesla screen is not built to common automotive screen standards and often fails in inclement conditions or prematurely as a result.

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