Computers and Cars: A Maddening Experience?

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 12, 2002 @10:40AM from the not-entirely-unlike-tea dept.

Johnny writes "The nytimes has a review of the new BMW 745i iDrive system. The iDrive system combines some 270 functions, some accessable by voice, into one tactile feedback joystick mouse thingy. While maybe easier for computer junkies, the reviewer finds the interface 'maddening, especially at first' and wonders out loud what a car from Microsoft might be like, citing that the 745i offers a clue. Without a key, a floor shifter or really any buttons, this might be the future for cars, are the masses ready to wrestle with computers just to go to Wawa for milk?"

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can't even make a decent web site by tuxit2 · 2002-05-12 10:46 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The BWM web site is completely messed up in Mozilla 1.0RC2. If they can't even create a web site that renders properly in a standards-compliant browser, how much can you trust their automotive software?