Subj : Re: Physical buttons in vehicles
To   : paulie420
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Jun 01 2023 20:31:49

  Re: Re: Physical buttons in vehicles
  By: Digital Man to paulie420 on Thu Jun 01 2023 04:16 pm

 >   Re: Re: Physical buttons in vehicles
 >   By: paulie420 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed May 31 2023 06:34 pm
 >
 >  > Toyota has a VOLUME button at least, but the 4runners aren't as
 >  > up-to-date IMO...
 >
 > One of those volume knobs popped off on a co-worker's car (I think it as a
 > Ford?) and it wasn't completely passive - the know was just transferring to
 > the knob's rotation as finger swipes on the touch screen. Pretty clever
 > solution, I thought.

Wow, I botched that edit. Let me try that again:

One of those volume knobs (attached to a big LCD screen) popped off a co-worker's car (I think it was a Ford?) and it was completely passive - the knob was just transferring the knob's rotation as finger swipes on the touch screen. Pretty clever solution, I thought. :-)
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