> I click a button in the real world, it changes the state instantaneously. Actually it does not. Flick switches have travel, click buttons have depth. Electro

> I click a button in the real world, it changes the state instantaneously. Actually it does not. Flick switches have travel, click buttons have depth. Electronic buttons have lag, bigger systems have startup time (hence the blinkenlights). My dishwasher starts in ~3 seconds after I press start. The button travel is so much that I'm never sure whether it registered the press or not until I hear the water pump start pulling water from the pipe. > It gives me an instantaneous feedback. It's just because you're touching a button, and feeling the pressure on your fingertip. Nothing is in an "instant" in the world.