oh man, I started this thread and the dang thing is still going on!....should have kept my mouth shut.
Yeah I get it, some additional icons could be brought to the bottom to satisfy more people, but I still think some of the reactions are over the top.
As a comparison,.....my wife has a 2017 Volvo V90CC.....awesome car, hate SUV's, love the utility of wagons. But, the interface leaves something to be desired. To turn on the seat heaters, it's two taps on the interface screen, and I really have to look at it. To adjust the heat, it's two taps on the interface screen, same deal really need to look closely to adjust it. Okay, they have single real buttons for the front and rear defrosters. Sorry, I live in NH and I don't think I've ever hit those buttons since we bought the car. The radio controls....holy crap, what a pain in the ass those are. To adjust balance I need to swipe the screen in one direction or the other, can never remember, and then hit a bunch of buttons to figure it out. It makes Tesla look so incredibly better, you'd be shocked.
My point is, .....many companies are going to full screen interfaces, and the variety of quality on these designs is all over the place. Yes, some things could be better on the Tesla screen, but to me it's way more logical than it was in the past. Also, I used to hit the wrong button in the past for things like garage door opener, .....now it's larger and I don't have to reach for it.
One thing that I'm not really happy with and have turned it off, is the blind spot camera. To me it's in a bad spot, forcing you to look down when you should be looking at your mirror. Also, at night, it's useless with the glare when your blinker is on. All I need is a simple red light either in the mirror itself like most cars, or on the mirror frame. The warning needs to be near a mirror to be safer.
Looking forward to some incremental improvements on V11, but I still like it.