Tom Morris on Nostr: The popularity of smartphones seems to have prompted product designers into thinking ...
The popularity of smartphones seems to have prompted product designers into thinking that mysterious buttons that are kinda like touchscreens (with touch panels and swipe gestures instead of proper buttons) is good design in a wide variety of household objects, from the humble table lamp to car dashboards.
This really sucks. It makes products harder to use in the dark, less accessible to blind people and others with disabilities, and just harder to discover how it works.
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