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Also more compact and flexible: a software button can be repurposed for different screens or localized to different languages, without making a different physic

Also more compact and flexible: a software button can be repurposed for different screens or localized to different languages, without making a different physical design. It makes sense from many perspectives, except for the perspective of usability (especially usability without looking at the controls).

t-writescode 3y ago
A physical button can, too. You make it dependent upon the text on the current screen that’s displayed. The important thing is you can feel the button or dial itself, not what text is on it. Even when you glance to see where a button is or which button it is (temp or whatever), once you know where it is, your eyes can divert back to the road and you can feel around for the dial or button when you miss it.
dharmab 3y ago
The bizzare thing is that the soft buttons had hardcoded symbols on them! https://youtu.be/XGbPHp6QfkQ?t=447 https://youtu.be/XGbPHp6QfkQ?t=447 It was objectively worse than physical buttons, without any advantage at all!
- happymellon 3y ago
  That was a painful watch. How does that get past any form of testing?