DenisMar 6
Tom Morris
Removing physical buttons from hardware was one of the worst product design decisions in history and everyone involved should be publicly shamed.
Mar 4 at 12:29pmIceCubesApp
Show threadPhil BettsMar 4
@tommorris emphatic yes.
Show threadMatilda LoveMar 4
@tommorris a-fucking-men
Show thread🏳️‍⚧️PepperTheVixen🦯Mar 5
@tommorris The worst variation of this are buttons that are raised to look like physical buttons but are still capacitive. Washing machines are guilty of this and I hope the product manager responsible has been fired
Show threadJulieRMar 5
@tommorris agreed
Show threadYourFavoriteAtheist🇨🇦Mar 5
@tommorris but don't you know? Touchscreen icons are so much more appealing. Sarcasm of course.
Show threadEggs now in different baskets.Mar 5
@tommorris "Come the glorious revolution, comrades, all those that were responsible for removing physical buttons from hardware will be taken outside, lined up and forced to use the devices that they designed."
Show threadBeurtMar 5
@tommorris
My first smartphone, HTC something, had a trackpad! That was great. Why would like physical buttons back.
Show threadLouisMar 5
Especially in cars !
Show threadÉléanoreMar 5

@tommorris @missbullitt

But physical buttons are subject to failure.
How can you expect to last 10 years if you keep physical buttons ?

Wait…

Show threadnjsgMar 5
@sous_mon_masque @tommorris @missbullitt I'm now imagining a piece titled "Is Model M the Ultimate LART?" in El Reg's BOFH section.
Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Mar 5

@tommorris

With the possible exception of that god-awful physical keyboard on the Blackberry phones. I believe I read that it was an obsession of the CEO of Blackberry at the time that they kept a 'real' keyboard.

Show thread🇨🇦 Dianne SMar 5
@bytebro I have a mobile device with a real keyboard and I love it. Miles easier to type on than a virtual keyboard.
Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Mar 5

@dfs_comedy

Wow. Thank the Goddess we are all different. I hated those, after a while of a company-mandated Blackberry phones.

Show thread🇨🇦 Dianne SMar 5
@tommorris We can blame Steve Jobs for this trend. No ugly buttons to break those cool sleek iGarbage lines...
Show threadMiakoda Mar 5
@tommorris This goes double for vehicles
Show threadKat the LeopardessMar 5
@tommorris I moss hardware keyboards on phones. I loved that era
Show threadTom MorrisMar 5
@Catwoman69y2k kinda fascinated by https://www.clicks.tech/ for keeping the dream alive.
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Show threadclarebeeMar 5
@tommorris a million times this. give me my levers!
Show threadÖlbaumMar 9
@tommorris I’d never seen anybody make so many spelling mistakes in the word “guillotined” before.