1995E
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- July 16, 2010
- Messages
- 1,860
- Reaction score
- 60
- City, State
- Maryland
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 95 + 11 Ex both XLT
Dear Ford,
I just want to suggest that Ford removes the restrictions that the vehicle has to be stopped or parked in order for us to even mess with the MFT.
This is because I usually have passengers in the car that can use the touchscreen for me so I'm not being distracted at all.
I actually want to be able to use the video functionality in the MFT while I'm driving to allow my passengers to watch videos.
If Ford is going to be all legal about this, why not just have the option to turn off the restrictions that shows a warning about disabling it + terms saying that Ford isn't reliable if the driver gets distracted? That way, Ford is safe and the people who will use the system properly can use the system to it's full potential.
Also, since the MFT is a very capable system, why not allow people to freely develop apps for the MFT and download/ use them? HP's webOS tablet downfall was a result of having no one developing any good apps for it. If you allow people to develop apps and have them freely install it on say, a flash drive and plug it in to the system, it just makes people want the system anymore. I don't see any business gains if you restrict what kind of apps people can download.
Having the ability to customize and interact with the MFT is what really allows the customer to feel like the vehicle is their own. Maybe allowing the customers to actually change the interface to how they want such as different text to speech voices for SYNC. Just an idea.
For the last part, we all know the MFT hardware is a bit on the slow side, is there any possible way we can opt to upgrade our MFT with a faster, higher performance APIM with a faster processor with more ram? And if we needed space to store data, just have the user buy an extra flash drive to hold apps and songs since the Explorer has no HDD.
Also, if hardware is the issue, which I feel that it might be because people have to get their APIM's replaced, why not redesign it and stop giving us the same crap that is not working in the first place? The fan assemblies that are causing overheating and the APIM just needs a major redesign. I don't know if a very cold day has anything to do with it but my MFT has been acting up lately.
Also, based on what I saw from videos about the upcoming MFT upgrade, I would like to be able to change the settings of having what shows up on the main screen. I saw that the clock was bigger but the temperature information was gone. The information/ Navigation tab should have better information like a quick browser to look at transmission fluid life, oil life percentage, and maybe some faqs/ tutorials about vehicle functionality that tells which modes to use for the Advance Trac in certain conditions.
I hope my ideas make sense and I hope it gets considered. I just want more freedom and functionality for 1,000 dollar system that has been giving so many owners headaches. If Ford not only fixes the issues but actually uses the MFT to it's full capabilities, it would leave Ford Explorer owners with a piece of mind that they actually made the right choice by buying a Ford.
I just want to suggest that Ford removes the restrictions that the vehicle has to be stopped or parked in order for us to even mess with the MFT.
This is because I usually have passengers in the car that can use the touchscreen for me so I'm not being distracted at all.
I actually want to be able to use the video functionality in the MFT while I'm driving to allow my passengers to watch videos.
If Ford is going to be all legal about this, why not just have the option to turn off the restrictions that shows a warning about disabling it + terms saying that Ford isn't reliable if the driver gets distracted? That way, Ford is safe and the people who will use the system properly can use the system to it's full potential.
Also, since the MFT is a very capable system, why not allow people to freely develop apps for the MFT and download/ use them? HP's webOS tablet downfall was a result of having no one developing any good apps for it. If you allow people to develop apps and have them freely install it on say, a flash drive and plug it in to the system, it just makes people want the system anymore. I don't see any business gains if you restrict what kind of apps people can download.
Having the ability to customize and interact with the MFT is what really allows the customer to feel like the vehicle is their own. Maybe allowing the customers to actually change the interface to how they want such as different text to speech voices for SYNC. Just an idea.
For the last part, we all know the MFT hardware is a bit on the slow side, is there any possible way we can opt to upgrade our MFT with a faster, higher performance APIM with a faster processor with more ram? And if we needed space to store data, just have the user buy an extra flash drive to hold apps and songs since the Explorer has no HDD.
Also, if hardware is the issue, which I feel that it might be because people have to get their APIM's replaced, why not redesign it and stop giving us the same crap that is not working in the first place? The fan assemblies that are causing overheating and the APIM just needs a major redesign. I don't know if a very cold day has anything to do with it but my MFT has been acting up lately.
Also, based on what I saw from videos about the upcoming MFT upgrade, I would like to be able to change the settings of having what shows up on the main screen. I saw that the clock was bigger but the temperature information was gone. The information/ Navigation tab should have better information like a quick browser to look at transmission fluid life, oil life percentage, and maybe some faqs/ tutorials about vehicle functionality that tells which modes to use for the Advance Trac in certain conditions.
I hope my ideas make sense and I hope it gets considered. I just want more freedom and functionality for 1,000 dollar system that has been giving so many owners headaches. If Ford not only fixes the issues but actually uses the MFT to it's full capabilities, it would leave Ford Explorer owners with a piece of mind that they actually made the right choice by buying a Ford.