Tactile controls are back in vogue (News)

触觉控制重新流行(新闻)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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2024-11-05

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IEEE Spectrum reports on the return to physical buttons and dials, Microsoft released GenAIScript, iFixit's Elizabeth Chamberlain announces a big Right to Repair win, Daniela Baron reimagines technical interviews & John O'Nolan, shares some thoughts on open source governance and how to create trust within technology, communities, and media

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  • What up nerds?

  • I'm Jared, and this is Changelog News for the week of Monday, November 4, 2024.

  • Shout out to all the new friends we made at all things open last week.

  • You know who you are.

  • We recorded some awesome conversations while we were there.

  • We put one out last Friday and there's more coming real soon now.

  • Okay, let's get into this week's news.

  • Tactile controls are back in vogue.

  • Here's Gwendolyn Rock writing for IEEE Spectrum.

  • Quote Apple added two new buttons to the iPhone 16.

  • Home appliances like stoves and washing machines are returning to knobs, and several car manufacturers are reintroducing buttons and dials to dashboards and steering wheels.

  • End quote.

  • She goes on to interview Rachel Plotnik, a leading expert on buttons and how people interact with them, all about the pendulum swinging away from touchscreens and back to physical controls.

  • This is yet another instance of the tech industry's propensity toward extreme adoption before settling into a more reasonable balance.

  • It's like 1.

  • Here's a new thing.

  • 2.

  • New thing good, old thing bad.

  • 3.

  • Let's use new thing everywhere.