I've been bothered for quite a while how each software "update" seems to make the interface worse. Starting way back when they removed map colors. Grey background and gray roads - a brilliant idea - but traffic lines show me the roads. Then they removed green traffic lines. Now I can't tell a highway from a river. I can't tell if a road is closed or traffic is flowing. (This unnecessarily added five to ten miles a few times.) Removed + - buttons so pretty much have to pinch. Removed the north compass button for when I zoom and scroll but accidentally twist the map. Removed the date and day of week. They Pushed controls I often use further into menus. I could go on...
Now for the latest "update."
I often press the shift lever to D too soon after pressing the brake so I look for PRND and it isn't where I look. They moved it; swapped a few controls. No apparent reason for this, but they've done it before and I can get used to it again. They removed the outline of the battery icon so now there's just a green rectangle hanging in space. These changes are irritating but I'll adjust.
(For newer members who may be reading this, my car does not have navigation; it was part of a package I did not select back in 2013. Still no regrets, it's perfect for my use.)
I needed to use the map to check some back roads I was driving. So as usual, I pinch zoom and scroll so I can just see my destination on one edge of the map and my car on the other. But now the map scrolls to center the car every 7 seconds. So I cannot scroll the map and have it stay where I put it. I thought, "Maybe if I search for a location it'll stay put." It does stay at the scrolled position, but now it puts a window top to bottom of the screen with a picture and reviews that cover nearly half the map, so I have a much smaller map to use. I close the review and "Zip!" it scrolls across the state to my car again.
I cannot use my map simply as a map anymore.
Congratulations to Tesla UI designers, you exceeded my expectations and made my interface even less useful.
Now for the latest "update."
I often press the shift lever to D too soon after pressing the brake so I look for PRND and it isn't where I look. They moved it; swapped a few controls. No apparent reason for this, but they've done it before and I can get used to it again. They removed the outline of the battery icon so now there's just a green rectangle hanging in space. These changes are irritating but I'll adjust.
(For newer members who may be reading this, my car does not have navigation; it was part of a package I did not select back in 2013. Still no regrets, it's perfect for my use.)
I needed to use the map to check some back roads I was driving. So as usual, I pinch zoom and scroll so I can just see my destination on one edge of the map and my car on the other. But now the map scrolls to center the car every 7 seconds. So I cannot scroll the map and have it stay where I put it. I thought, "Maybe if I search for a location it'll stay put." It does stay at the scrolled position, but now it puts a window top to bottom of the screen with a picture and reviews that cover nearly half the map, so I have a much smaller map to use. I close the review and "Zip!" it scrolls across the state to my car again.
I cannot use my map simply as a map anymore.
Congratulations to Tesla UI designers, you exceeded my expectations and made my interface even less useful.
