[IxDA Discuss] Tactile buttons.WAS iPhone Keynote

[Esteban Barahona]

You're forgeting the possibility of "extensions" (a là Wii-nunchuck). Why
not use "special covers" that have numbers? A frogpad? etc (though it's lame
to pay for $500 and essentially buy later the keys).

2007/1/10, Josh Viney <jviney at gmail.com>:
>
> I wonder if there isn't 1 use-case that many of the "slim" phone
> manufacturers are forgetting when testing their new buttons.
>
> I'm originally from Los Angles, so 90% of my mobile phone usage took place
> while driving my car. It is almost impossible to "touch-type" a number or
> even speed dial a number on a Razr, Samsung T519, or HTC Wizard. After
> watching Steve Jobs use the new iPhone during the presentation, I think it
> will be just as, if not more, difficult to use the iPhone in a
> "touch-type"
> scenario. Apple is selling the potential of app-specific interfaces, but I
> see this as a potential problem as each new app will have to be learned -
> Lots of new jobs in Usability! The lack of fixed buttons reduces the
> ability
> for users to touch-type and almost ensures that the phone must be seen to
> be
> used - Potential accessibility nightmare?
>
> That said, I live in NYC now, so no driving. I'm probably going to get one
> of these in June, and we'll probably begin developing apps for it in the
> near future.
>
> - Josh Viney
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