I Gotta Wonder About Fractal's, er, "Perception"

[Frodebro]

I don't get your point? Why is a touchscreen like a cup holder in a car? You don't need a touchscreen, there's others ways to operate a modeller. You can't substitute a cup holder in a car for anything else though.

Some people can get by just fine without cup holders (the first four or five cars I owned did not have any), but the people who never knew a world without them cannot understand how this is even possible.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Why? At some point you're going to need a cup holder in a car but you don't need a touchscreen. You might want a touchscreen or it could be a nice to have feature but it's not a essential. At some point a cup holder in a car is an essential item if you plan on driving any distance in it.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I don't get your point? Why is a touchscreen like a cup holder in a car? You don't need a touchscreen, there's others ways to operate a modeller. You can't substitute a cup holder in a car for anything else though.

You obviously did not grow up in pre-cup-holder times. That’s why the emergency brake handle was a lever spaced juuuuuust about cup-width apart from seat cushion.

 

[Frodebro]

You obviously did not grow up in pre-cup-holder times. That’s why the emergency brake handle was a lever spaced juuuuuust about cup-width apart from seat cushion.

People need cup holders these days to free their hands up for texting while driving.

 

[Mikael Dez]

If I’m sitting at a desk I can’t imagine a reason I’d want to touch my modeler. Shit, I’m annoyed that some of the global hardware functions aren’t accessible from HX Edit.

After I work on my computer all day, I usually don’t like booting up my Mac

 

[ian_dissonance]

After I work on my computer all day, I usually don’t like booting up my Mac

That’s a good reason.

 

[ian_dissonance]

You obviously did not grow up in pre-cup-holder times. That’s why the emergency brake handle was a lever spaced juuuuuust about cup-width apart from seat cushion.

The first vehicle I have memories of was a conversion van with cupholders every 18 inches.

 

[Frodebro]

After I work on my computer all day, I usually don’t like booting up my Mac

After being on my feet all day, I usually look forward to kicking back with my laptop.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

You obviously did not grow up in pre-cup-holder times. That’s why the emergency brake handle was a lever spaced juuuuuust about cup-width apart from seat cushion.

Nope. I've never had a car without a cup holder. I came close with an audi once because they thought it was an optional extra on a £45,000 car. I thought the salesman was joking when he first told me I had to pay extra for one.

 

[Orvillain]

I don't even own a car.

 

[duzie]

I don't even own a car.

It’s a necessity not a luxury in my area

 

[Orvillain]

It’s a necessity not a luxury in my area

I'm on the insurance for my sister in law's car. Whenever I need a car, I just borrow that. I live in London, our public transportation is really good (still not as good as it used to be) and I honestly didn't even need to take any driving lessons until I was 32 or so.

Driving in London is a bit of a nightmare. Around 4-7pm weekday evenings, it can easily take an hour to drive just 10-12miles. So it isn't something you really want to do unless you have to.

Where my new band rehearses is about 12miles from my house. I leave at 6:00pm and get there at 7:00pm!


Don't worry, I'm not an anti-car freak!

 

[Frodebro]

It’s a necessity not a luxury in my area

Pretty much the same here.

 

[Frodebro]

I'm on the insurance for my sister in law's car. Whenever I need a car, I just borrow that. I live in London, our public transportation is really good (still not as good as it used to be) and I honestly didn't even need to take any driving lessons until I was 32 or so.

Driving in London is a bit of a nightmare. Around 4-7pm weekday evenings, it can easily take an hour to drive just 10-12miles. So it isn't something you really want to do unless you have to.

Where my new band rehearses is about 12miles from my house. I leave at 6:00pm and get there at 7:00pm!


Don't worry, I'm not an anti-car freak!

I start work at 3AM. Public transportation is not an option for me.

 

[Tanax]

Fuck me, people are hung up about touchscreens.
Look, touchscreens is ONE way of solving a shitty UX. It's not the end all be all.

Fractal is certainly able to get a MUCH better UX without a touchscreen.
It's not as if slapping a touchscreen on everything will magically make the UX good. You need to actually focus on UX, with a dedicated UX designer. Then you need that person (or team) to actually be involved in the process of designing the physical units and not just the computer editors.

 

[duzie]

I'm on the insurance for my sister in law's car. Whenever I need a car, I just borrow that. I live in London, our public transportation is really good (still not as good as it used to be) and I honestly didn't even need to take any driving lessons until I was 32 or so.

Driving in London is a bit of a nightmare. Around 4-7pm weekday evenings, it can easily take an hour to drive just 10-12miles. So it isn't something you really want to do unless you have to.

Where my new band rehearses is about 12miles from my house. I leave at 6:00pm and get there at 7:00pm!


Don't worry, I'm not an anti-car freak!

Although you may be a freak
I didn’t believe that you were anti-car

 

[Frodebro]

Although you may be a freak
I didn’t believe that you were anti-car

He’s not a freak, he’s just British. You put vinegar on your food for enough generations and it does freaky shit to the DNA strands.

 

[Orvillain]

He’s not a freak, he’s just British. You put vinegar on your food for enough generations and it does freaky shit to the DNA strands.

Vinegar is nectar of the gods!

 

[duzie]

@Orvillain
What’s the go to across the pond for vinegar?
Apple cider vinegar is popular here .

 

[JiveTurkey]

I don't even own a car.

I'd rather have your amp stash than a car if I could get away with it