Seems to be several posts here indicating folks are somewhat out of line for evaluating what may not even be a final design. That having been said, I'm going to react to what I do or don't like about it. And, in an attempt to "keep the SNR level high", several folks did so providing with specific examples of why, and providing the reasoning for the comments. We also provided constructive feedback regarding what we feel makes up a good UI in general, and one for piloting an EV in specific.
To the extent that I have been one of the "several posts", I have zero opinionated objection to constructive feedback.
There have been more than a few decent pieces of feedback, though some fail to identify (or realize) their biased perspective (experienced users are
always biased -- not in a bad way, necessarily, but their experiences generate a false sense of, for example, the intuitiveness of things like dials and gauges with which they are now intimately familiar).
There have, however, been quite a few more "that sux0rs!" or equivalent posts, and the S/N there severely impacts the ability to absorb the more thoughtful feedback.
Given this appears to be an inadvertent push from Tesla we don't have a lot of info to go on. Thus, you need to modulate your personal level of concern over both the UI itself, and the responses to it, appropriately.
But don't take a reasonably well-thought out response and assume that the poster doesn't realize this could not be indicative of the final product at all.
Fair enough, and thoughtfully put.
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In my experience Alpha testing is typically where user feedback is invited for usability , layout, features etc.
Beta testing is more usually a field trial with a select group of users to ensure there are no bugs or compatibility issues with real world configurations.
In other words, assuming this release to indeed be a Beta release, the majority of the features would now be set ... so I think it is fair that ppl here reflect their opinion on what might be quite close to a public release (it's not going to get a ground up rewrite in 2 months) in the maybe vain hope that there is still an opportunity for some revisions.
I agree. If this is Beta, then it's likely pretty much what will ship.
Going back to the drawing board on major UX elements at this point in time really puts you back in Alpha.
Even if they decide they want to take some of the feedback, it may well be that they ship a fixed version of this UX and then patch it later, rather than delaying for additional months.
Or not.
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Heh, there's plenty of (re)posting in this thread of photos which are theoretically copyright and where we all know they weren't intended to be in the public domain.
If you accidentally reveal information to the public that you wish was kept confidential, you have lost all rights to hold it confidential. It ain't anymore, bubbie.
Most NDAs also handle this case where you are off the hook for revealing information that was made public somewhere else legally (even if mistakenly).
