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02-24-2010, 03:54 PM | #45 |
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I can introduce you to a number of drivers over 60 (at least one of them a woman) who can clean the clock of just about everyone on this forum.
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It is one thing to 'figure out the way the damn thing works'. It is a whole different thing to actually *like* the way the damn thing works. And it seems to me that you are not a married man. As any married man knows, when a wife says she wants navigation, she gets navigation. Again, that doesn't make the said husband *like* that navigation. |
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You're correct, I didn't mean to be a crybaby I guess the consistency of the complaining is more irritating than anything else, since they are in a position to improve their understanding of the interface (having to live with it), but would rather complain about it instead. And I have figured out the way the damn thing works, and like the damn thing When I do get married one day, I'm going to marry a woman who could care less if she's in a Mini or a Maybach. And she's gonna have to figure out the navigation by herself. Besides, we'll be owning separate cars, anyway Even though I know I'm probably gonna end up taking that back when I get married LOL.
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02-24-2010, 05:10 PM | #48 |
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I honestly thought it was difficult to use when playing around with it in a 7 series. Now this was the old version so I'm not sure how good the new one is, but I figure it's just something you need to get used. It was just hard to understand. But I can't say much about the new one...
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02-24-2010, 05:49 PM | #49 |
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I get that some people prefer touchscreen. I thought I did, but I much prefer the iDrive knob now. Because it's so convenient to adjust everything just by using your fingers and being able to quickly look from the screen back to the road (rather than leaning in and paying attention to the Nav screen). It's so... ergonomic, I dunno.
But the shortbut buttons that you can make out by touch are a big help IMO, as is the new way of toggling around (like the Audi system). And yes, the new POI search by name function is probably the single biggest improvement to the Nav feature.
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02-24-2010, 06:21 PM | #50 | |
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Honestly, I don't know how easy/intuitive the 07 iDrive is. The 2010 iDrive is decent in terms of usability, but far less easy or intuitive than the TomTom I have in the other car. iDrive is certainly safer to use in motion, and in many ways more functional. But less intuitive. |
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02-24-2010, 06:44 PM | #51 | |
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It would be better if the six shortcut buttons could be hit quickly and reliably without looking - perhaps two sets of three alongside the existing iDrive buttons? Something like this: '''''_'''''_''''' ''1/_/'8O8'\_\4'' '2/_/''(*)''\_\5' 3/_/'''o'o'''\_\6 Sorry for all the tic marks, the forum code eats spaces Last edited by pagefault; 02-24-2010 at 06:53 PM.. Reason: ascii art fail |
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02-24-2010, 09:26 PM | #52 |
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The thing is people are just never happy with anything. They will complain about everything especially the older people. Just read the owners manual it wont hurt it will just help. Those are the same people who dont understand the owners manual as well LOL. Crazy. BMW is the first to have a system like this and the first to perfect this in 2009 Fourth generation. Good Job.
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02-24-2010, 09:27 PM | #53 |
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Its a very simple system to understand. But with anything it takes getting use to after some practice. But people will always complain. Especially these old farts.
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02-24-2010, 10:29 PM | #54 |
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I think if BMW started stuffing the center consoles with dirty diapers and someone posted here complaining, it would only be a matter of time before the first "If you don't want to smell baby poop buy a Lexus" post appeared. If we all take the "BMW can do no wrong" attitude BMW will have no incentive to improve anything.
There is a lot more to iDrive than nav and nav it definiely the weakest portion of the idrive user interface. I have a 5 year old Gramin Street Pilot and it is a much better nav system than idrive. Perhaps a naive high school kid who fancies himself a computer expert would find the interface of iDrive acceptable but any computer professional with even a rudmentary understanding of programing will recognise that it (pre 2009 version) is a very cumbersome and overerly complex user interface. As I said I would rather have it than not have it and it can certainly be figured out but that does not mean that there is not a lot of room for improvement. I have mangaged a number of complex software development projects. If one of my staff had come up with the iDrive interface he would have been let go. I honestly don't know how it stacks up against the competition but if iDrive is best of breed than that is a pretty sad state of affairs. As far as "getting used to it" goes, you can get "used to" the smell of cow manure. but being used to it does not mean it doesn't stink. CA
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I use navigation quite regularly and previously used what was then the top-of-the-line Garmin. I find the new Nav a little more sophisticated than that Garmin. So, I think the new Nav is pretty "current". But of course, it will be outdated in a few years (although it still may be quite usable, like my Garmin is still very "usable" with updates). According to some reviews (here's a video one: http://www.cnet.com.au/bmw-idrive-a-...-339295416.htm), the interface is pretty darn competitive now. EDIT: But the graphics are still under-par, despite the higher and better resolution. Other competitors (Garmin's, etc.) are simplier and nicer-looking, IMO.
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Perhaps its just that I'm a very intuitive learner and you're not....probably like my mom, who couldn't even figure out how to turn on her tv If she had read the manual. Not trying to insult you, just saying that it's so simple a child could probably figure it out. I wish there were more settings in Idrive.
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02-26-2010, 12:57 AM | #57 |
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I'm sorry but but it takes about 2 minutes to get a basic grasp of the system
If you cannot figure the I-Drive in a BMW then you're probably a moron and most likely shouldn't even be driving. |
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