Maybe if you were a teeny bit fancy, the speed of the vehicle was displayed digitally.
There was the gas gauge, the odometer, and that’s about it.
Not the clean minimalism we actually need, but something eye-straining.
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Do the right thing, resist.
Everything was possible, and people went nuts, including me.
We used all the fonts and all colors, readability be damned.
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In some cases, that thought process is seeping into the dash cluster.
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How Fast Am I Going?
I don’t have to “get used to it” or “learn” the system.
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A dash cluster needs to present important information in an easy-to-read format.
It seems simple enough.
And yet, I find myself searching more often than I’d care to admit.
Display of Zen
Fortunately, most automakers have come to a compromise.
It’s simple and easy to read.
That’s what you better be using.
It’s too much.
Go with the zen display.
… automakers really do listen to their customers.
At least the ones that reach out to them.
At least the ones that reach out to them.
In some instances, it might be too late to do anything about the design part.
Most vehicles have only recently embraced over-the-air updates.
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It’s highly unlikely we’ll return to the days of analog clusters.
So digital displays are actually a good thing.
