Somebody OK'd this?

[Fins160]

Drove as a passenger today. My wife uses the white background on the main screen, while I use the black, so maybe I am just not used to seeing the screen. I was flabbergasted at the absolute mess of a UI with the white background.

There is someone (I assume) at Ford whose job it is to give the OK for a software release. Someone took a look at this mess, and was like "yup, ship it!".

How in the world is this possible?

• The light grey text on the white background makes the text hardly readable. My wife said she thought everything was "disabled", since typically in software a greyed-out icon is not available.
• The three buttons on the top with the grey background, and the CarPlay icon with white. Why don't they match?
• The black Sirius background with white everywhere else - why wouldn't this match?

Is this new with 4.2.5, or has it always looked this bad since the 4.2 updates? Yikes...

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[Logal727]

Drove as a passenger today. My wife uses the white background on the main screen, while I use the black, so maybe I am just not used to seeing the screen. I was flabbergasted at the absolute mess of a UI with the white background.

There is someone (I assume) at Ford whose job it is to give the OK for a software release. Someone took a look at this mess, and was like "yup, ship it!".

How in the world is this possible?

• The light grey text on the white background makes the text hardly readable. My wife said she thought everything was "disabled", since typically in software a greyed-out icon is not available.
• The three buttons on the top with the grey background, and the CarPlay icon with white. Why don't they match?
• The black Sirius background with white everywhere else - why wouldn't this match?

Is this new with 4.2.5, or has it always looked this bad since the 4.2 updates? Yikes...

I have my display mode on Auto and this is what I see during the day, I've never had an issue with it. It's much better than other infotainment designs I've used and is now better than the day I got the car.

 

[DevSecOps]

Is this new with 4.2.5, or has it always looked this bad since the 4.2 updates? Yikes...

I agree with you. I have a laundry list of blunders in the UI and there's been many posts about it on this forum. I have no idea why Ford would release it like this myself. Other's try to defend it and say "it's a step in the right direction".

I talked about a lot of these issues here:
https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/i’m-just-going-to-say-it-the-4-1-2-interface-is-ugly.26047/post-600622

 

[Gullwingdmc]

Yes. To everything you said, yes. The new UI is a mess. The icons are horrible, and inconsistent. The color scheme for those buttons a the top breaks all UI rules. Yet this was an "upgrade" in their eyes.

 

[Phil Martin]

This is the problem with over the air updates/downdates or whatever you want to call them. Software gets pushed out knowing it can be finalized later, if ever.

 

[AliRafiee]

There was probably a year long argument on the UI layout, and a top executive won the debate.

 

[hartmms]

There was probably a year long argument on the UI layout, and a top executive won the debate.

Who's decision made everyone on all sides of the argument mad.

 

[TheBraydenKyle]

To each their own ya know. I leave mine on auto and have never had an issue.

 

[Mirak]

I can’t speak to the issues with “day” mode because all that white on such a large screen is bright and distracting that I always keep the display on dark.

But here is a list of all the crap that needs to be fixed on just the home screen.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...rd-how-to-make-the-home-screen-perfect.25814/

 

[HuntingPudel]

To be fair it’s always had this kind of ugliness to it and it’s pretty glaring to those who have the setting on Auto (like me). It’s like going back to the early days of Windows and comparing the UI with the same generation Mac OS in the ‘80s. Hurts the eyes and the mind.

 

[Xweb]

Ford can pay someone $150 to design better options to choose from. How they landed on this mess is beyond me. Perhaps it has something to do with the underpowered processor they use so they can't make it "pretty" without suffering more stuttering.

 

[1969Mach1Mike]

I think what we have now is still better than the original design. It could use a good look at by some seasoned UI designers. I designed Network data structures in a past life and you should never have to go more than 2 clicks to get to a setting/location.


'Looks' are subjective. Some of the suggestions I've seen by members on this board are horrific. Some are OK.



Looks aside, access should be very straight forward.

 

[BalsaDust]

looks good to me, rarely use it so I normally set it to calm screen or keep it in dark mode.
Having dealt with computers for over 50 years (started in arpanet in 75')I have learned to accept what is given, at least until someone does it better.

 

[phil]

Having dealt with computers for over 50 years (started in arpanet in 75')...

How many years is that?

 

[BalsaDust]

How many years is that?

Started with several "homebuilt" computers in the early 70's from instructions in "Popular Electronics" which led to an Altair 8800 in 75' but that was really a dud until late 75' when the TRS80 was released and my father and I built it from a kit at the time. I learned Pascal and "C" from reading books from the NYU library when one of the library staff asked if i would like to use their computer to find more information.
I was a high school student with an unstoppable desire to learn and I ended up spending Saturday mornings at NYU's library searching for more information, so yes I can safely say I have dealt with them for over 50 years.

Tony

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