Font size?

[herrjon]

This question has been asked before but again. Is this thing on?

How do we go about asking Tesla to consider a font size adjustment?

I have to use reading glasses when driving and it's not the greatest solution...

 

[Transformer]

Indeed, speedometer in an ultra light weight font, and obviously without usability testing!

How do we go about asking Tesla to consider a font size adjustment?

The mobile service tech told me that Tesla does have people watching the internet for feedback (for lack of a bug report form). So posting here might help.

Other approaches are (1) tesla.com support chat, (2) tweet to Elon (or via someone that Elon follows), (3) report a safety problem to NHTSA.

 

[Boza]

Definitely helps posting here…. I feel more content with the car now. Otherwise, V11 is the same broken UI as it was months ago, when we started posting.
So, keep posting. Nothing will change but you will feel better.

 

[TampaRich]

I guess Tesla’s developers are young enough that they don’t need glasses yet. +1 for font size and contrast increase.

 

[Dcam]

This question has been asked before but again. Is this thing on?

How do we go about asking Tesla to consider a font size adjustment?

I have to use reading glasses when driving and it's not the greatest solution...

I have to lean up to my screen while driving to see the highway numbers on the map, while hoping the FSD doesn’t veer off. FONT selection is the answer!

 

[ZBENY]

This question has been asked before but again. Is this thing on?

How do we go about asking Tesla to consider a font size adjustment?

I have to use reading glasses when driving and it's not the greatest solution...

It is not safe that you have to lean over to the screen while driving. Please add a font selection function ASAP

 

[Dcam]

It is not safe that you have to lean over to the screen while driving. Please add a font selection function ASAP

You have to be a super fan to get your requests noticed.

 

[Transformer]

Please add a font selection function ASAP

Careful! I picture Tesla adding a script font or Comic Sans before a text size choice.
They like to prioritize toys over fixing problems.

 

[totalicf]

This question has been asked before but again. Is this thing on?

How do we go about asking Tesla to consider a font size adjustment?

I have to use reading glasses when driving and it's not the greatest solution...

I agree
It's now May of 2022 and still no larger font? We’ve only had ours since February and the small font makes it harder to learn how to operate this car.


I really think this is a serious safety issue for the so called saftest car.
My wife is seriously thinking of selling the 2022 car for this reason.
She also whishes there was user adjustable buttons for basic functions on the vertical side of the screen.
Requiring us to push or swipe 3 times for what normally be just one push of the button.


Make no mistake I am a serious Tesla fan boy, but come on.

 

[Transformer]

Software update 2022.8.3 or .BA.2.12.2 reportedly improves text readability, maybe even restores some/all of it to the size and contrast it had in 2020.

 

[rducharme]

My wife and I are also having problems with the font size for notifications. I am generally able to read the screens/map fonts. Some I have to work at a little. The notification/warning messages are too small, I cannot read them even sitting there as a passenger. Impossible to read while driving (either not there long enough or have to take eyes off road too long).

A vote for making font sizes (based on what the text is used for) adjustable. Also per user profile.

 

[markc2]

+1 to the font enlargement! This would be a nice touch on the map, or at least put cross streets in larger print

 

[Rhyder]

Definitely with you on an adjustable font size. My distance vision is superb, but older eyes have issues with small fonts. I agree it could be a safety issue.

 

[Dcam]

This question has been asked before but again. Is this thing on?

How do we go about asking Tesla to consider a font size adjustment?

I have to use reading glasses when driving and it's not the greatest solution...

Good luck, communicating with tesla on any level is elusive.

 

[pramam]

I completely agree .. We definitely need an ability to increase the font size ! Not sure how Tesla can prioritize this request.

 

[Prodock]

I generally don’t have an issue but with bifocals I definitely would be a fan of an option for a larger font.

 

[bruce4000]

Unfortunately, not just a Tesla “young programmer problem”. I was trying to read the directions on my wife’s pill bottle (which is normally an “old people” drug), and font so tiny I had to get magnifier glass out and I have decent eyesight.

 

[airpor41]

Making the font size adjustable is not easy to do reliably. Once the screen layout is settled for a given size and the data it presents, making the font larger means that the layout can easily be mucked up by longer data (just an example). I believe it would both substantially raise the amount of testing Tesla would have to do AND increase the number of bugs we all see. I base this on many years of software and UI experience.

When I first got bifocals (now over 70, so quite some time ago), I set the distance of focus of the reading part to the full distance of my outstretched arm+hand. I did that so I could easily read everything on the instrument panel of my plane. As a result, I find the Tesla screen text to be perfectly readable in all circumstances. The only down side is that, if working on something extraordinarily small (like electronics or tiny text) I need a bit of extra lens. I've found several ways of adding a diopter or two that suit me and consider the trade-off a good one given that I can see better 99+% of the time with just bifocals.

 

[Transformer]

They need to test all the screen layouts with all supported languages (locales). Supporting two text sizes would "only" double that. Improving their software test automation would help more than humanoid robots (other than for attracting engineering talent).

 

[Spalding]

This question has been asked before but again. Is this thing on?

How do we go about asking Tesla to consider a font size adjustment?

I have to use reading glasses when driving and it's not the greatest solution...

Wait until Elon turns about 50. Then, like the rest of us, his eyesight will go downhill and the logic of a bigger font option will become clear.