evanevery
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- First Name
- Ed
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- Sep 10, 2019
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- Wisconsin
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- 2020 Taycan Turbo S, 2019 BMW i8, 2023 BMW iXM60
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Dear Porsche,
Swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, (68 times to be exact)...
I understand you removed all the physical knobs and buttons from the Taycan's consoles for aesthetic reasons. However, when you did this, you left us with unnecessary user-interface issues. While I appreciate a car that looks good, I also want one that doesn't create unnecessary challenges to do so...
Personally, I don't care that I have to use some ridiculous interface simply to redirect my vents. But I DO care about access to my MUSIC. I have about 7000 files in 270 folders in 165 GB of Hi-Res FLAC files on my USB drive.
Since the user-interface displays only 4 folders per screen, that requires me to swipe 68 times to reach the end of my 270 folders of music when BROWSING for something interesting! ...and that assumes I do all those 68 swipes accurately and perfectly and don't activate a "select" by mistake. I realize I can SEARCH, but mostly I like to BROWSE as I think that opens up so many more choices that I would not have asked for specifically in the first place.
Anyway, I think you can easily resolve this with a simple software update! We may not have a wheel but there are other things which could be done to enhance the controls you have already given us. ...and it doesn't even require you reject the clean aesthetics which are obviously so important to you.
I'm sure you know this but here is what our lower console normally looks like (when not charging):
...as we know that the lower screen can contain basically any image you desire (as demonstrated by the charging screen), with any region being used as a touch input or button, you could easily add some PgDn or PgUp buttons to assist in scrolling:
...or you could make these PgUp / PgDun ARROWS to match the "style" of the Back Button between them:
...or if you REALLY wanted to make a nice control, you could add a vertical scroll control on the right side of the console so we could control not only the direction, but also the speed, of scrolling. The center of the vertical slider would be fully stopped and the further you went in either direction (up or down), the faster the screen would scroll:
What do you say Porsche? How 'bout you improve your software so it actually works for me, instead of I for it?
PLEASE?
Ed
Swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, (68 times to be exact)...
I understand you removed all the physical knobs and buttons from the Taycan's consoles for aesthetic reasons. However, when you did this, you left us with unnecessary user-interface issues. While I appreciate a car that looks good, I also want one that doesn't create unnecessary challenges to do so...
Personally, I don't care that I have to use some ridiculous interface simply to redirect my vents. But I DO care about access to my MUSIC. I have about 7000 files in 270 folders in 165 GB of Hi-Res FLAC files on my USB drive.
Since the user-interface displays only 4 folders per screen, that requires me to swipe 68 times to reach the end of my 270 folders of music when BROWSING for something interesting! ...and that assumes I do all those 68 swipes accurately and perfectly and don't activate a "select" by mistake. I realize I can SEARCH, but mostly I like to BROWSE as I think that opens up so many more choices that I would not have asked for specifically in the first place.
Anyway, I think you can easily resolve this with a simple software update! We may not have a wheel but there are other things which could be done to enhance the controls you have already given us. ...and it doesn't even require you reject the clean aesthetics which are obviously so important to you.
I'm sure you know this but here is what our lower console normally looks like (when not charging):
...as we know that the lower screen can contain basically any image you desire (as demonstrated by the charging screen), with any region being used as a touch input or button, you could easily add some PgDn or PgUp buttons to assist in scrolling:
...or you could make these PgUp / PgDun ARROWS to match the "style" of the Back Button between them:
...or if you REALLY wanted to make a nice control, you could add a vertical scroll control on the right side of the console so we could control not only the direction, but also the speed, of scrolling. The center of the vertical slider would be fully stopped and the further you went in either direction (up or down), the faster the screen would scroll:
What do you say Porsche? How 'bout you improve your software so it actually works for me, instead of I for it?
PLEASE?
Ed