I'll agree with you on the precision issue, as these designs would seem to need greater precision to hit the correct button, even if only by a few degrees. How

I'll agree with you on the precision issue, as these designs would seem to need greater precision to hit the correct button, even if only by a few degrees. However, the consistency of rows I think only makes sense with physical buttons where you can feel your way across them. With a flat panel, we don't really have the feedback anyway, so you can't touch your way down to the next row and know where you are. Having said all that, I'm not a fan of these designs, but I am a fan of the designer taking on the challenge.