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Are Sat-Nav Systems Becoming Information Overload?

Posted by Soulskill on from the pothole-under-right-wheel-in-forty-two-centimeters dept.

curtS writes "The Economist's tech editor reviews the ever-more-detailed assistance of mobile GPS devices, and wonders if the attention-sucking visual complexity isn't more trouble than it's worth. He contrasts the simplicity of London's Underground map (not directionally accurate but visually easy to understand) and his own habit of dimming the display and using the audio commands for guidance."

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  1. Re:technology editor sucks at technology? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, isn't sucking at multitasking already multitasking, right there?

    *ducks

    *head explodes

  2. Re:technology editor sucks at technology? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    2 metric tons of steel down a road at 60MPH or faster.

    Please don't do that. We've lost mars probes because of things like that.