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To me it’s not about physical vs touchscreen, it’s about being able to do common controls without having to browse through contextual menus. I should be able to pause the music with a dedicated button (I don’t care much if it’s physical, but it’s very rare for touch screens to have “dedicated” buttons because it’s a waste of touch screen space.)

It’s important while driving that I’m not required to read what’s on the screen to perform common actions. Having to browse to the music app just to pause means I’m spending several seconds not looking at the road.

Just taking a typical infotainment UI and adding a jog dial doesn’t help me at all here.

>>ninken+(OP)
I mean, it sounds like we completely agree?

> It’s important while driving that I’m not required to read what’s on the screen to perform common actions. Having to browse to the music app just to pause means I’m spending several seconds not looking at the road.

Exactly, which is why I love that on my car I can just press a physical button with my thumb on the steering wheel to pause the music.

>>hn_thr+t2
Yeah I just totally failed at reading comprehension there, sorry. I read “spinner” and assumed you were referring to one of those dial things that scrolls around a UI screen and focuses elements, I should have read literally the next words where you said “for volume.” Oops. You’re right in that we’re in complete agreement.