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I prefer buttons! I think touch screens are not as responsive to touch as they should be. If your hands are cold, sometimes the touchscreen doesn’t respond to touch. Then you are screwed. They also have problems with tasks like copying the text you would like to copy accurately because the cursor doesn’t move with exactitude. Please give me buttons and mice back again.
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The way the UX has three buttons (back, home, recent apps) on my android pisses me off when it is hidden, default. Tactile controls are never hidden, so I'ld prefer those navigation buttons to be physical.
At the same time, had to change the time on the lcd display on my car -- was hoping we were done with this twice-a-year change for daylight savings, but not yet. Anyway, it took under 20 seconds thanks to good design, with clear labels. I can't tell how many years prior I'ld have to try to remember ... is it that I press the Volume UP and the Tune dial at the same time to get the clock to change? Or was it both the Seek next and Seek previous buttons? Crap like that because there isn't the room to justify dedicated tactile buttons for the clock.
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I think touch screens are a little more elegant... more futuristic!! But I didn't know that Rachel Plotnick had published a book focused on the connection or interaction that humans can have with buttons 🛎️ I think it's great and I will definitely look to read that book... I think I'll find something interesting in it 📖..
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