I'll admit that iDrive has a fairly steep learning curve, as my dad still doesn't know how to use it. I guess growing up using ridiculously complicated technology everyday gives me a different perspective. I'm used to using a computer to do things, not a separate button. It did take me a week to figure out iDrive, half of it spent with the car yelling at me in German (Du ist sheußlich, dummkopf) while we tried to find exits on the Autobahn.
iDrive is a stupid idea. It requires attention. It requires you to look at a screen and read. It takes your eyes an mind off the road.
Controls for secondary things like climate and the radio should be big stupid knobs, switches, and buttons. You should be able to see where they're at in your peripheral vision, and feel them clink as you turn them. You should be able to adjust them with your eyes closed. Hell, I have muscle memory of where my climate control and radio are. No thought required.
There is no muscle memory for navigating menus.
Salanis wrote: iDrive is a stupid idea. It requires attention. It requires you to look at a screen and read. It takes your eyes an mind off the road. Controls for secondary things like climate and the radio should be big stupid knobs, switches, and buttons. You should be able to see where they're at in your peripheral vision, and feel them clink as you turn them. You should be able to adjust them with your eyes closed. Hell, I have muscle memory of where my climate control and radio are. No thought required. There is no muscle memory for navigating menus.
Ever been in a Crown Victoria? the buttons for the radio are great. Made for old people with lack of eyesight and lack of fine motor skills.
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