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Physical buttons: * work much better than bad touchscreen software (which really sucks!), and * are much cheaper than great touchscreen software (which is ver
by cs702 3y ago
Physical buttons:
* work much better than bad touchscreen software (which really sucks!), and
* are much cheaper than great touchscreen software (which is very costly to develop and maintain!).
Personally, I'd rather have great touchscreen software, if possible. Put another way, what I really want is an "iPhone on wheels" with a friendly, pretty, snappy interface, but if that isn't a choice, I would take an "early-2000's Blackberry on wheels" with lots of buttons[a]. What I definitely don't want is a "Windows Phone on wheels."[b]
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[a] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
[b] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone
- joshspankit 3y agoI don’t know why it never caught on, but touchscreen buttons with physical finger guides are a pretty great replacement for buttons. I mocked it up for the first iPad with a cut up screen protector and some silicone. Worked great for buttons of any size, sliders, and all sorts of other controls.
- 7thaccount 3y agoButtons are much better!