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"Awkward." That's the gut reaction I got while seeing the person in the video using this device. That said, touchscreens still feel less satisfying than physic
by scribu 12y ago
"Awkward." That's the gut reaction I got while seeing the person in the video using this device.
That said, touchscreens still feel less satisfying than physical buttons, so maybe I'm just being nostalgic.
- GuiA 12y ago> That said, touchscreens still feel less satisfying than physical buttons, so maybe I'm just being nostalgic. Or just pragmatic :) There are dozens of articles/papers/essays I could put you, but here's one: http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign/ http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesi...
- bergie 12y agoDouglas Adams saw this coming. From the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive – you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure, of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same program.