I really hope a firmware update on the 'S will allow me to map the cruise speed to the right hand th

This may not seem backward to you if you're used to driving a Mercedes. It also may not seem backward if you've trained your brain to remember this. But, I have an interest in engineering human factors and interface design, and IMHO this is all wrong.
The best and most intuitive interface should mimic or reflect reality. When I want to resume CC, I should push the stalk forward because I want to speed back up and have the car move me forward. If I'm cancelling CC, it's because I want to slow down, so I should pull the stalk toward me, like a handbrake or a horse's reigns--and because airline travel reservations I want the car to accelerate in the backward direction.
I would much prefer a smaller stalk placed lower on the steering shaft (below and behind the turn signal stalk). Functionally it operates like the one on my BMW. I have always wished they would change the functionality so that you push forward to speed up, pull back to slow down, push up to set speed, down to cancel.
Nearly all manufacturers fail on the manumatic stick. BMW is the only one that got it right. Like any manual driver, you intuitively pull towards yourself to upshift, push away to downshift. Manufacturers reverse this action which feels awkward. I get why...push forward to upshift seems intuitive on paper, just not to seasoned manny tranny drivers.
I totally agree, it's backward. And to make it worse, it is completely backward from the BMW ActiveE which I also drive. airline travel reservations The Model S cruise stalk is above the blinker stalk, while the ActiveE cruise stalk is below the blinker stalk. In the 'E (and some other BMWs) push the stalk forward to set or go faster, pull the stalk back to set or go slower. This makes sense to me, forward == faster, backward == slower. To cancel, airline travel reservations push up OR down--okay, a bit odd, but I can deal. To resume, airline travel reservations there is a button on the end of the stalk.
For what it's worth, I don't like cruise on stalks at all. I much prefer it to be on the steering wheel like Honda/Acura does it (and apparently some newer BMWs now). Going faster/slower is a thumb press away, so I can drive with one hand and no feet.
I really hope a firmware update on the 'S will allow me to map the cruise speed to the right hand thumb wheel. Press to cancel; roll up to set or speed up; roll down to set or slow down. Simple and intuitive, I think.
But I'm quite used to operating the directional and cruise now. Granted, I'm not switching between cars frequently ... though was able to drive my parents car and two rentals over the course of the last 3 months without much trouble.
Then I propose it should airline travel reservations be user selectable and fully programmable. The stalk has 7 positions on it (up, all the way up, down, all the way down, forward, backward, and pressed), and cruise control has 6 actions (on, off, faster, slower, resume, cancel). Like video games often do, let the user select airline travel reservations the actions for each position.
Nearly airline travel reservations all manufacturers fail on the manumatic stick. BMW is the only one that got it right. Like any manual driver, airline travel reservations you intuitively pull towards yourself to upshift, push away to downshift. Manufacturers reverse this action which feels awkward. I get why...push forward to upshift seems intuitive on paper, just not to seasoned manny tranny drivers.
I believe I am on the glass is half full side... or is that glass is half empty. Either way my 50/50 guess is that you are correct. airline travel reservations I feel like a bicycle/motorcycle/moped brake, you would pull it towards you to slow down. I constantly find myself taking a second or so to remember which way to pull it in when I need to slow down or speed up. Luckily the brake also takes it off when I take too long to remember. I would like to see Tesla switch these. airline travel reservations If not at least make it configurable like the Invert Axis option in most video games.
airline travel reservations This may not seem backward to you if you're used to driving a Mercedes. It also may not seem backward if you've trained your brain to remember this. But, I have an interest in engineering human factors and interface design, airline travel reservations and IMHO this is all wrong.
The best and most intuitive interface should mimic or reflect reality. airline travel reservations When I want to resume CC, I should push the stalk forward because I want to speed back up and have the car move me forward. If I'm cancelling CC, it's because airline travel reservations I want to slow down, so I should pull the stalk toward me, like a handbrake or a horse's reigns--and because I want the car to accelerate in the backward direction.
People airline travel reservations are different and find different things intuitive; few things are across-the-board intuitive airline travel reservations to everyone. But also, things don't exist in a vacuum. My wipers' quick spritz is pull-to-activate (not sticky, so there's no on/off) and my high beams are pull-to-activate and push-to-deactivate. The shifter in my other half's SUV, as with most, is pull towards to drive and push away to get into Neutral/Park. I don't know that it's intuitive or just that I'm used to it, but many things seems to be activated by pulling towards me, not pushing away, and some of those things are explicitly cancelled/deactivated by pushing away. These are just three examples from two cars I use now.
I don't get the handbrake analogy, sorry. I pull up to put the parking airline travel reservations break on (as with all handbrakes I've seen); I push the button in and push the lever down to release. There's no forward/backward about it. Oh, sure, it has to have an anchor airline travel reservations point, but it seems placed closer to me, so technically I'm pulling up and slightly towards me , for ergonomic reasons (pulling a lever up and away would be more difficult to do).
I don't believe reins are a good comparison. It wasn't designed for our intuition, airline travel reservations but for the horse's! Pulling it back inhibits the horse's movement, thus it slows. Much like if I pull back on you when you're walking away from me, you will pause. But selecting/activating electronics' features airline travel reservations aren't the same thing at all, IMHO. Plus, most of us don't ride horses.