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I guess I'm in a minority, as I like the minimalist elegance of a Tesla touchscreen and voice controls.

For me, "I press the button and it does what I wanted" is both minimalist and elegant. Form must follow function.

I'd disagree, because a button for everything means a button for every function. This very quickly becomes cluttered, which is the opposite of minimalist.

Everything can be done badly; a digital design can be just as cluttered as a physical one. And conversely, a physical design with few, well-chosen functions doesn't need to be cluttered.

I also didn't say I wanted a button for every function. But this is getting off into the weeds.

My aim was to say that "minimalism" can be applied in different ways. For example, minimalism in the number of features, or in the complexity of the overall system, or in the ease of operating it.

This is honestly the first time I've ever heard anyone describe Tesla's "glue a giant iPad to a dashboard" approach to interface design as being elegant. I'm guessing the voice controls are the elegant part? Because that screen is my least favorite part of my Tesla, and my Tesla-owning friends feel the same.

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