The trend of big touchscreens in cars has left many yearning for the not-so-distant days when most user interactions happened with physical buttons. But
Fun fact: When the electric push button was invented, people worried that it would make human skills atrophy. They wondered if such devices would seal off the wonders of technology into a black box: “effortless, opaque, and therefore unquestioned by consumers.”
Companies promoted them with slogans like “You press the button, we do the rest”
Fun fact: When the electric push button was invented, people worried that it would make human skills atrophy. They wondered if such devices would seal off the wonders of technology into a black box: “effortless, opaque, and therefore unquestioned by consumers.”
Companies promoted them with slogans like “You press the button, we do the rest”
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