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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: repairs and obsolescence ish
Date: Wed, 7 May 2025 11:46:50 -0500
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On 5/7/2025 11:38 AM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On 7 May 2025 00:17:10 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
> 
>> Rather depends on the how and the why, I believe has been a push back by
>> consumers for example with car dashboards in that while screens and so on
>> are fun, they’d like some buttons still please and so on.
> 
> There is hope for push buttons, in the name of safety.
> 
> "Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
> Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than
> being drunk or high - no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using
> touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its
> senses."
> <https://www.wired.com/story/why-car-brands-are-finally-switching-back-to-buttons/>
> "Automakers that nest key controls deep in touchscreen menus forcing
> motorists to drive eyes-down rather than concentrate on the road ahead
> may have their non-US safety ratings clipped next year."
> 
> Sorry, but you'll need a Wired Magazine subscription to read the
> entire article.  If you don't want a subscription, you might find the
> reader comments interesting.
> 
> In my never humble opinion, buttons, touch screens, haptic feedback,
> voice control, gestures, sign language and AI all have their good and
> bad points.  The trick is to attach numbers (fatality rate, accident
> rate, cost, fashion, etc) to the various schemes and settle on the
> least disgusting and most tolerable method.
> 

No electronics works for me.

I have owned cars with a 110v type wall switch on the dash 
and a starter button next to it.

 From what I have seen I could not possibly drive a 2025 
model auto.

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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971