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Capacitive touch buttons are #1 on my hate list for "inventions". They have all the downsides of touchscreens with none of the upsides, and they're imitating a
by quacked 2y ago
Capacitive touch buttons are #1 on my hate list for "inventions". They have all the downsides of touchscreens with none of the upsides, and they're imitating a control device so perfect that it basically hasn't been changed since its invention (the button).
- nrclark 2y agoAgreed - I hate captouch buttons, and would rather have physical controls every time. But in case you're curious why they're so common: 1. They're cheaper than mechanical buttons. 2. They're more space-efficient inside of the product. 3. They are easy to waterproof. 4. They have no wear-out mechanism.
- quacked 2y agoThanks, I intuited (1) and (2) but I hadn't thought about (3) or (4). I think waterproof mechanisms are about the only time I've encountered them where I haven't immediately despised them for total lack of haptic feedback and lag time between button input and device function--although that probably has more to do with poor system design rather than the limits of the captouch button technology. My guess is that I associate them with lag because any control interface that cut corners on buttons probably cut corners on everything else, too.