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Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons. (www.wsj.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The tyranny of touch screens may be coming to an end.

Companies have spent nearly two decades cramming ever more functions onto tappable, swipeable displays. Now buttons, knobs, sliders and other physical controls are making a comeback in vehicles, appliances and personal electronics.

In cars, the widely emulated ultra-minimalism of Tesla’s touch-screen-centric control panels is giving way to actual buttons, knobs and toggles in new models from Kia, BMW’s Mini, and Volkswagen, among others. This trend is delighting reviewers and making the display-focused interiors of Tesla and its imitators feel passé.

Similar re-buttonization is occurring in everything from e-readers to induction stoves.

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[–] Hexagon@feddit.it 6 points 17 hours ago

Great. Now do it with phones too. I don't want to turn the screen on and look where the media controls are just to skip songs