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by macspoofing
1401 days ago
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>The solution to that is simple. Put four/five physical buttons down each side of the screen, maybe along the bottom too Absolutely. It's why smart-phones and tablets (the ultimate 'touch' devices) still put some physical buttons (power, volume control). A well designed UI, complemented with physical input (buttons or knobs) is best. |
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Context-sensitive buttons are less awesome. They might be superior, if you memorize the combination, but they're decidedly inferior to touchscreens for the long tail of infrequently used features.
The study linked here focused on "simple" tasks, and the top performing cars probably have dedicated buttons for everything measured. The story would likely be very different for context sensitive buttons, and subjective reporting would likely be unreliable, if studies on the speed of mousing vs keyboarding are anything to go on [1].
[1]: https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/30682/are-there-any-r...