Comments on: Environmental Controls: Spotlight on Volvo

By: The Zero-Fatality Car | the Human Factors Blog

The Zero-Fatality Car | the Human Factors Blog — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:08:41 +0000

[...] This does not mean Volvo will ignore the human factor. After all, I’ve previously posted on their well-done instrument panels. However, it would be fun to read about how they are including human reactions, expectations, and [...]

By: CSE Peffer

CSE Peffer — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:53:34 +0000

I’ll have to try to get a picture the next time it comes up in rent-a-car roulette!

By: Anne McLaughlin

Anne McLaughlin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:24:32 +0000

I’d love to! Do you have a link to the model or a picture of the interface? My quick Hyundai search didn’t turn up anything but the old-style dial controls.

By: CSE Peffer

CSE Peffer — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:27:11 +0000

You should check out the BAD version/rip off this design in some current Hyundais.

They use the iconic “person” but instead of the independent portions of the body changing the flow of the air to that set of vents, it just cycles through which set of vents are on.

The worst part is, the head looks and feels like a button, glows like the “body” toggle switch, but does nothing!

By: Richard Pak

Richard Pak — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:03:31 +0000

I’ve noticed that too with some posts (when viewing in Google Reader). I’m not sure what it could be but we’ll look into it. Thanks for reading!

By: andreas

andreas — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:49:04 +0000

Not sure if its because I´m coming through my feed reader but for some reason I haven´t been able to see any of your embedded images in your latest posts. They work just fine when I click to see them in fullscreen, is there something up with your GD-image processing maybe?

Enjoying your posts, so keem em coming!