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> Why have BOTH a play button and a pause button? The play button doesn’t do anything if you click on it when a song is playing, and the pause button doesn’t do
by lmm 2y ago
> Why have BOTH a play button and a pause button? The play button doesn’t do anything if you click on it when a song is playing, and the pause button doesn’t do anything if the song is already paused.
Because it's hard to hit a touchscreen button precisely once, especially when you're driving. And if a song is quiet you may not be able to tell whether it's playing or paused right now. Having a button that will always make it playing and a button that will always make it paused is good design.
- MR4D 2y agoThere is no feedback from the buttons at all. If I ignore the rest of the screen, I can’t tell if anything is playing or paused. The buttons do not change appearance in any way. That makes it even worse as now I have to look at multiple places on the screen when I’m driving. That the buttons are small makes it more annoying. A single, larger button the changed would be much, much better. Side note - it’s not a touch screen. It has a joystick controlled pointer.
- lmm 2y ago> There is no feedback from the buttons at all. If I ignore the rest of the screen, I can’t tell if anything is playing or paused. The buttons do not change appearance in any way. All the more reason to have two buttons. If you want it to be playing, you hit play, if you want it to be paused, you hit pause. Again that sounds like good design - really anything that's meant to be operated while driving ought to be usable without having to look at it. > it’s not a touch screen. It has a joystick controlled pointer Ok that sounds like the problem, not the buttons
- MR4D 2y agoSo, you're saying that tech that didn't exist was the problem, not the design for the tech that did exist??? That makes no sense.