The age of snarky UI
My husband and I recently leased a new car, a Hyundai IONIQ. This is my first time driving a fully electric vehicle and also my first time in a car with such a gigantic touchscreen dashboard display. It feels futuristic, a far cry from my 2010 Ford Taurus. A few months into driving it, I encountered a notification on the dashboard. A big orange-outlined circle with a coffee cup icon and the words “Consider taking a break”. I had no idea what that meant. Had I been driving for too long and the car was suggesting I make a pit stop to stretch my legs? Was I going over the speed limit? Did I miss a turn? After a bit of research, I learned it was part of a driver attention system, detecting “irregular behavior” such as drifting out of your lane or not adjusting the steering wheel for…
