02-24-2014, 09:39 PM
One of my biggest gripes with the whole concept was that MS introduced a horrible concept to cars - software crashes. In any car I spent much time in with Sync, it would crash. And when it crashed, the only way to get it working again was to power off the car and start it again.
I recently had a rental for a couple weeks. It was a Ford Explorer Limited that had three LCD screens controlled by various controllers, and in some instances they would control more than one screen.
The entire interface was awkward. No immediate pattern was easily discoverable. A basic task like dialing a phone number was tedious and awkward.
Then I tried an Audi with their MMI. It was a 2009 model, so at least 4yrs older. The overall pattern was immediately discoverable, and tasks like typing a phone number were much more easy.
I recently had a rental for a couple weeks. It was a Ford Explorer Limited that had three LCD screens controlled by various controllers, and in some instances they would control more than one screen.
The entire interface was awkward. No immediate pattern was easily discoverable. A basic task like dialing a phone number was tedious and awkward.
Then I tried an Audi with their MMI. It was a 2009 model, so at least 4yrs older. The overall pattern was immediately discoverable, and tasks like typing a phone number were much more easy.