myrmepropagandistAug 15, 2024

Does anyone *really* like "touch controls" on anything?

When you see "touch controls" on earbuds, lights, appliances... are you like "heck yeah! no buttons!"

I just think they are cheaper to make IPx4+ than other methods of control. But, they are always highlighted like it's a feature.

(And why is IPV6 so similar to IPX6 making me confuse them all the time?)

Show threadDamon L. Wakes
@futurebird My skin is frequently not conductive enough to make touch controls work in the first place so I thoroughly despise the things.
Aug 15, 2024 at 11:47pmWeb
Show threadAdam YatesAug 16, 2024
@DamonWakes @futurebird I have the same issue, so many phonecalls that I miss while simply sitting there trying to swipe up. Words cannot express how much i despise touch screen tech.
Show threadDamon L. WakesAug 16, 2024
@alcootatooter @futurebird I find my phone generally alright, though waking it by tapping the screen can be a challenge (and I assume it's intentionally insensitive to stop false touches wasting battery). For me it's the cheap touch controls on devices that could so easily have real buttons that refuse to work at the worst possible times.
Show threadAdam YatesAug 16, 2024
@DamonWakes @futurebird My kitchen stovetop is a good example of this.
Show threadAndrewAug 16, 2024
@DamonWakes yesss. I swear the silicon valley designers have never considered a northern winter where the skin on your hands is so dry it cracks and touch controls just don't work. And gloves.
Show threadDamon L. WakesAug 16, 2024
@Andrew Having once been unable to get into my emails because I'd travelled 50 miles from home and was using a new device, I feel as though the Silicon Valley approach to anything is essentially "It works at home, in the office, and in the car I use to move between them - all three places in the world!"