Copy that!
I was a enterprise network admin and a mission critical software admin for a Fortune 500. I evaluated a lot of proposed enterprise software for endusers. This kind of programming would have never even made the selection list.
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2022.20.5 Homelink button change
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Copy that!
I was a enterprise network admin and a mission critical software admin for a Fortune 500. I evaluated a lot of proposed enterprise software for endusers. This kind of programming would have never even made the selection list.
I also work in Healthcare IT. The design decisions that Tesla has made with their UI absolutely baffle and infuriate me.
Just purchased a new Model Y. Had my homelink installed and the buttons were fine. Applied and update and they changed from Right and Left to Activate and Activate. Requires glasses to see them, plus you cannot change the order regardless of when you set them up. Right is on the left and Left is on the Right.
This UI "update" is such a baffling step in the wrong direction. I was pretty annoyed and just found this thread googling to see if there were similar complaints. Just chiming in to vent and lodge a similar complaint. WTF, Tesla? This isn't even a matter of aesthetic preference, it's just a dumb step backwards in usability.
This is Brain Damaged! I used to have 3 clearly labeled buttons, Gate - House - Garage. Now I have Activate - Activate - Activate.
I'm on FSD Beta so I was sheltered from this until v10.69.1.1 was built on the newer code base.
I'm on FSD Beta so I was sheltered from this until v10.69.1.1 was built on the newer code base.
Looks like the last update put the old Homelink button labels back! No more Activate buttons!!!
Looks like they took our buttons away in 2022.44.25.1. 
I installed this update yesterday and noticed the buttons have been replaced by the new media player and the return of the "cards" for the odometers and tire pressure. So now we have a tiny HomeLink icon at the top to find and press. Be careful as it looks like it keeps a button up there for whatever button you pressed last but it is very close to the HomeLink button and you can accidentally press it when trying to get to other hidden buttons. Another step backwards for usability! I have my gate opener set to automatic and it does pop up when I come home but the buttons disappear before I can open my garage. I've not played with this extensively or looked to see if we have settings that may restore the original buttons (doubtful). I guess adding the new stuff for the MyQ connected garage openers have changed things yet again.
I installed this update yesterday and noticed the buttons have been replaced by the new media player and the return of the "cards" for the odometers and tire pressure. So now we have a tiny HomeLink icon at the top to find and press. Be careful as it looks like it keeps a button up there for whatever button you pressed last but it is very close to the HomeLink button and you can accidentally press it when trying to get to other hidden buttons. Another step backwards for usability! I have my gate opener set to automatic and it does pop up when I come home but the buttons disappear before I can open my garage. I've not played with this extensively or looked to see if we have settings that may restore the original buttons (doubtful). I guess adding the new stuff for the MyQ connected garage openers have changed things yet again.Still waiting on mine but my wife got 2022.44.25.2 last night. Tiny is right AND the text on the buttons are light gray. They are so light that if the map display behind it has text on it, it's hard to read the label for the HomeLink button. Gray text on top of gray map text. This light gray font crap all the UI developers went to about 2010 is crap for real world readability. The font is several points smaller that the driver profile name font.
We have a gate and two garage doors. The gate won't be an issue since it's the only in range device, but the garage doors will be "if" it decides to change between uses. The text is very small forcing you to look closely as you're simultaneously turning into your drive to see which door the active button is going to open. My wife is pissed . . . . and I don't blame her. Unless you have 18 year old developer eyes in front of a 35 inch developer screen it's hard to read.
The original HomeLink drop down from a year or so ago was better than this.
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After driving the wife's car around yesterday, it's not as bad as I thought. When you approach a linked device, you get a sizeable drop down with a list of the devices you're close to and they are in a MUCH larger font. You can tap the item in the list to activate it making it much easier than trying to read the tiny one at the top. If you're sitting in the garage getting ready to leave, you still have the problem I described above, but at least you're not moving when that happens.
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