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Do the math. Save the world. — Mark Leon
@TigerNinety those are good design points. The UI was more like that before the 2020 holiday update.
However, touch targets near the bottom and right (on RHD cars) are best because the practical way to operate the touchscreen in a moving car is with a hand braced along an edge of the screen. Otherwise road bumps make the finger miss or double-tap the target, e.g. answering then immediately hanging up a phone call [not theoretical].
The current UI has many improvements since 2020. More of the touch targets are near the edges, including the incoming-phone-call panel. Also it now has a gesture to swipe up from the bottom to open the HVAC controls, and the UI makes that discoverable. Further, whenever you leave the seat heater controls out of the bottom bar, there are larger margins around the temperature controls so it's easier to adjust temp. without accidentally turning on the seat heaters [not theoretical].
Shortly after that holiday update, Elon promised to enable resizing the left-side visualization panel back to its old size. Indeed, I'd much rather give space back to the map, the rearview camera, and larger control panel buttons. There's no reason for any visualization panel when reviewing sentry video, where larger video magnification matters. The other cases have some use for the sonar proximity sensors.
The visualization panel has some utility. E.g. it shows when your headlights and taillights are on. If you hold a finger on it, it zooms out for more situational awareness.
However, touch targets near the bottom and right (on RHD cars) are best because the practical way to operate the touchscreen in a moving car is with a hand braced along an edge of the screen. Otherwise road bumps make the finger miss or double-tap the target, e.g. answering then immediately hanging up a phone call [not theoretical].
The current UI has many improvements since 2020. More of the touch targets are near the edges, including the incoming-phone-call panel. Also it now has a gesture to swipe up from the bottom to open the HVAC controls, and the UI makes that discoverable. Further, whenever you leave the seat heater controls out of the bottom bar, there are larger margins around the temperature controls so it's easier to adjust temp. without accidentally turning on the seat heaters [not theoretical].
Shortly after that holiday update, Elon promised to enable resizing the left-side visualization panel back to its old size. Indeed, I'd much rather give space back to the map, the rearview camera, and larger control panel buttons. There's no reason for any visualization panel when reviewing sentry video, where larger video magnification matters. The other cases have some use for the sonar proximity sensors.
The visualization panel has some utility. E.g. it shows when your headlights and taillights are on. If you hold a finger on it, it zooms out for more situational awareness.