It'll be re-invented long enough to keep software engineers in Ferraris.
God, this is wonderful news! When does mine arrive? I can't wait to dump the old VW.
Actually, you are correct to a degree. As I've pointed out here ad nauseam, we've gone round and round on screen design. Each time we thought, incorrectly as it turns out, that we'd been given the straight story about what the controllers really needed.
Rather than continue this s***-heaving contest, let's see if we can get it right this time. To that end, I'll go off and see if I can find out what we're currently implementing, and post my findings here. Give me a couple days.
--Dinosaur