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Q&A: Rachel Plotnick On the Return of Tactile Controls
We should bring back more tactile tech —nothing was as comforting as that original gel textured iPod
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need more of the soft/hard
juxtaposition in tech products
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The important tensions we're going to focus on are the trade-offs between pixel real estate, cognitive load, and complexity.
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Calm technology
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The switch back to physical interfaces is also, in many ways, a vibe shift. With touch screens ubiquitous, what was once viewed as luxurious is becoming tacky. Physical controls, done well, now signal the kind of thoughtfulness and exclusivity once attached to the original iPhone.
Plotnick: We spend all our days and nights on these devices, scrolling or constantly flipping through pages and videos, and there’s something tiring about that. The button may be a way to almost de-technologize our everyday existence, to a certain extent.