Hi Mike
I love having all controls on a menu driven touch screen but I think there should be laws governing that certain things should have real buttons and levers.
I’ve noticed that a lot of cars with automatic gearboxes are having push buttons for gear select now but I feel this should have some sort of lever where you know for sure which way the car is going to go from a standing start. I know as now there is a display in the cars driver information screen showing what gear the car is in but that can easily get lost while checking out all the other buzzers, bells and lights.
Much goes for the climate control as it can be a real danger if your windscreen suddenly fogs up and your pushing the touch screen frantically so you can see where your going again but the radio comes blasting out instead causing more panic.
For thing like setting coming home lighting and how many times the flasher flash when you lock the doors the menu driven system is great but main driving control should remain hardware not software in my way of thinking.