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And when you finally have a along controls everything is overloaded. Dish forced a new remote on us last time a device broke and they replaced it. It has far f
by xahrepap 3y ago
And when you finally have a along controls everything is overloaded.
Dish forced a new remote on us last time a device broke and they replaced it. It has far fewer buttons. I’m sure it helps getting familiar with it on a super basic level. But the old one wasn’t that complicated anyhow.
But here’s the kicker: there’s no fast forward or rewind buttons. There no stop button. No record button. All of these (and more) have been turned into menu items and/or secret chords on the remote.
Oh. And it has a mic on it too. Hard pass.
Tv remote is just the easy example. I see it all over the place. Sleek no longer is pretty to my eyes. If I see something that I have to interact with these days and it looks sleek, I see frustration.
- rapind 3y agoThe worst offender of this is the Apple TV remote. Most of my actions with the Apple TV remote have been unintentional.
- Mumps 3y agoMakes me think of the "MacBook Wheel" [0] from ages past. It's really a shame how user-hostile design can be. [0] https://youtu.be/9BnLbv6QYcA?feature=shared https://youtu.be/9BnLbv6QYcA?feature=shared
- pjettter 3y agoHaha! I haven’t seen anything from the onion in years. They kind of became irrelevant at some point :)
- addicted 3y agoApple TV remotes have always been so awful. I remember when Front Row for the Mac was announced. I loved Front Row (although the supported content was far too limited). But despite Fromt Row’s limited functionality and simplistic interface, the Apple Remote still didn’t feel adequate.
- miramba 3y agoI just got an Apple TV and got crazy with the unintentional swipes and touches. Then I discovered you can turn that off, to click-only. It‘s much better now, maybe that helps you too.
- ourmandave 3y agoThe reverse of that is the 4-in-one replacement remote with it's bazillion buttons. It's like a 747 cockpit.
- pjettter 3y agoAt least everything is in a designated place! That’s another thing I like about the analog world.
- pjettter 3y agoYes direkt a 1:1 mapping of an analog (button/knob) would work better than what you describe. Multifunction buttons… that never existed in the analog world? Or is that what is called “mode”? Send vs receive etc. Does anyone have a concrete example? I’m not a remote control designer but I would think it would be fun to give it a try! Maybe I will :)