Thread: future NIT form factor - Dpads?
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ragnar is offline ragnar
2008-09-28 , 16:21
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#20
Originally Posted by TA-t3 View Post
You can, but to me that's a poor substitute for a real button, and it needs software support. Besides, that was just one example. What I'm trying to say is that it's not a good idea by the designers to think that they know the use cases.
So it would be a better idea for the designers to think that they do _not_ know the use cases?

Attempting to create a device that tries to please every use case known now and later will really please nobody. "Oh put a d-pad there... No, put two d-pads there! Put 5 keys on the top! Just in case... Somebody might come up with some use for them."

I'd also say that real buttons are a poor substitute for the future technologies (not yet available) with proper haptics and visuals.
 

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