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> Ask someone to change the clock on their oven vs on their phone. Most could do it on the phone but not the oven. I'd argue that's not an example of touch scr
by danparsonson 4y ago
> Ask someone to change the clock on their oven vs on their phone. Most could do it on the phone but not the oven.
I'd argue that's not an example of touch screens being better than buttons but rather the button interface in question being poorly laid out, and as for the phone, it's not the lack of physical buttons but rather the on-screen guidance that makes life easier. My grandparents' cooker is a button-free wonder and I couldn't work it out the first time I tried to turn it on.
- Gigachad 4y agoFor the coffee machine, it would be shitty UI if every function had a physical button. You don’t need a dedicated button to run the descale cycle since you do it twice a year, but it’s also a bit crap to have to pull out a manual to work out which order of buttons to press and for how long and what all the blinking lights mean. A touch screen executes this perfectly. It doesn’t have to blink led 2 to tell you of an error, it can just show the error on the screen.
- danparsonson 4y agoYeah a hybrid setup can work well although the decision is not necessarily between lights and a touch screen - a non-touch display with navigation buttons is also perfectly reasonable.