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Buttons aren't visible if they're on the side of your head. I have headphones with about 5 buttons. I can often successfully use the volume and power ones if I
by daveFNbuck 7y ago
Buttons aren't visible if they're on the side of your head. I have headphones with about 5 buttons. I can often successfully use the volume and power ones if I locate them correctly, but there are another two next to those that I sometimes end up pressing instead.
- bluGill 7y agoButtons don't have to be visible. They can have different shapes that you can feel. Brail would be useful if people would learn it.
- crooked-v 7y agoThere are also non-button tactile controls, like the 'buttons' on the Airpods Pro that are actually just pressure-sensitive indents you squeeze.
- germinalphrase 7y agoWhich - as a Minnesotan - I find to be a frustrating interface when gloves are required. (somethingsomethingdesignedforcalifornia)
- asdff 7y agoYou know it's cold when your bare finger no longer works on a touchscreen.
- vanderZwan 7y agoI should have been more clear: those buttons are still "visible" in that they have a haptic interface. I have a headphone with "tap to play/pause, swipe to change songs or volume" - it's impossible to know without reading the manual or triggering one of these actions by accident. Which incidentally also happens a lot. That's bad interface design IMO. I guess the headphones look "cleaner" but it's really annoying in practice and not worth it.
- asdff 7y agoThose are crappy buttons. Good buttons are ones that you don't need your eyes. Take an xbox controller. Every button on the device is labelled and there is a schematic detailing every aspect of their function in every game, however you never look down at the controller because you can discern every single button on the controller by feel alone.