Looking at your screen shot, I am less and less concerned with placement of most numbers, though I definitely prefer the range where it was before. My biggest concern is really the contrast issue that so many people have complained about. If I cannot easily see the readings while wearing sunglasses (a necessity on my morning and early evening drives), I would be infuriated. Have you noticed an improvement on this with .77?
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Firmware 7.0 - For Classic Model S
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In LA we have lots of diesel trucks which are not fun sit behind and breath their exhaust. On 6.2, I glance down at the tab fairly frequently in such situations to ensure I am on recirc mode. On 7, I am now required to perform an additional press in order to display this setting. And it isn't exactly the easiest button to access on the 17" while keeping your eyes on the road.
Aside from that, almost every car I've driven within the past 15 years has an easy to view at a glance recirculation mode indicator somewhere on the dash. I want Tesla to bring this back in 7.1. That's all I ask.
Cyclone
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To me, it is one of those things that those who didn't car probably wouldn't know it changed if it weren't for the forums. The button is still there and they basically ignored what it said. For those of us who care, we lost that info. I do not buy the explanation that it was too cluttered with that there. If they had removed the button altogether, then you can make that argument -- but just "dumbing it down" leaves it just as cluttered to those who don't care and useless to those who do.
Mark Z
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Since I like fresh air mode in Orange and Riverside counties, in 7.0 I must manually set the mode for fresh air. That shows the word "Custom" on the touch screen and because of the "Custom" indicator, I know that for my Model S, it is NOT in recirculation mode.
Since the word "Custom" will indicate any manual mode you set, it is a personal message, always visible, for whatever your realtime manual setting is.
mknox
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I dunno. It's the first thing I noticed (and didn't like). Every car I've ever owned would show you at a glance the state of the HVAC system. On older cars it might have been via indicator lights on or over the buttons, and on my Tesla it was via icons on the screen. They were pretty tiny before, but at least they were there. It seems there is plenty of room to make that button even wider and bring back the status icons.
True, but then it forces you to think back to when you last set it. Did I put recirc on before getting on the freeway? Now it's a button I have to reach for and since it's at the very bottom it definitely is distracting in some situations and less safe.
Cyclone
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You just agreed with what I said. Those who want the information miss it. Those who didn't care about the information don't notice the difference because in 6.2 and 7.0, that button is still there and if they didn't care, they just didn't focus to read it. You and I care, so we are saddened by it being "dumbed down".
That's weird. My 7.0 still has "controls" on the left and the volume control on the right. I believe it's there for the passenger, as the driver has the steering wheel volume control, so this makes no sense.
bollar
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Cyclone
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Not to mention it more than just a glance for me to figure out which unlabeled defrost in 7 was the front windshield vs. the rear.
bollar
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