What’s it like to drive the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E? I can’t tell you for a few days.Īlso note, this post consumed my monthly allotment of the word knob.
#VOLUME SCROLL BAR LAGGING ON STARTUP INSTALL#
At this point, most automakers put interactive content on a screen and install a twisting knob for volume and mute elsewhere on the dashboard. It’s often less expensive to use a touchscreen than a physical button, but the experience is never superior. Some are spinning wheels, others are buttons, and I’m clearly on team spinning wheel.Īs touchscreens started to infiltrate cars, more automakers looked to offload volume controls to the screen with onscreen slider bars. Thankfully, most modern cars have steering wheel controls in addition to the main volume knob.
The systems are often slow to respond, too, making the experience frustrating and underwhelming. The control strips are often built flush with the rest of the dashboard and do not provide the user with any feedback. Most have since abandoned this design for several reasons. Other car makers like Cadillac looked to touch-sensitive slider bars for controlling volume. I like the gesture control for some things, but it feels silly, spinning a finger to change the volume.īMW’s magical gesture control finally makes sense as touchscreens take over cars The moment you touch the screen and cause any kind of hardware IO, the entire device starts lagging and. My Galaxy S II is unusable Totally unusable. There is zero CPU or GPU usage during this time. There’s no debate.Īutomakers have long played with alternative volume control schemes, and I’ve yet to find one that works better than a simple knob.īMW offers in-car gesture controls: Hover your hand over the center stack, stick one finger out and draw a circle in the air. The phones are only responsive out of the box, and soon the entire OS starts lagging and freezing for 30 seconds at a time without any reason. Spin it to change the volume or press the center to mute the audio. As with any great design, it works exactly like one would expect.Īudio volume should always be controlled by a rotating knob, dial or wheel. From my experience with the volume control, there’s no discernible lag, and it works very well. The user gets the benefits of a spinning knob, while Ford doesn’t have to build and install additional physical components to maintain standards. As far as I can tell, the knob itself is nothing more than a few pieces of plastic glued onto the screen.įord’s system in the Mustang Mach-E is a happy compromise between massive touchscreens and good user interfaces. When the knob is twisted, these strips drag across the screen, tricking the system into thinking a human is controlling it. Under the knob are tiny strips that interact with the touchscreen as if it was touched by a finger. This knob is a surprisingly simple solution. The knob works so much better than a touchscreen slider bar, and I implore other automakers to follow Ford’s lead. Twist it! Spin it! There’s even a resounding click as it twists. There, stuck on a touchscreen, is a physical knob. The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E features a giant touchscreen, and at the bottom is a sizable knob for volume control.
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