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Re:The phone-makers bringing back buttons by komali2 on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @06:15PM (#19267780)
> Put any user interface up. And a pointing device. We solved it with the mouse. We solved this problem.

They solved the problem... by putting "exit, maximize, minimize" buttons at the top-right (or top-left) of every window. By putting "file, view, edit" dropdowns at the top-left of ever application. By putting "back, forward, refresh" at the top of the browser.

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Re:The phone-makers bringing back buttons by mattnewton on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @06:40PM (#19267924)
Not every application- I don’t see those buttons when dialing a phone number, or when watching a video or playing a game.
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Re:The phone-makers bringing back buttons by einr on Thursday February 28, 2019 @07:07AM (#19270763)
...and also by still having a keyboard with a fixed and standardized layout, which Jobs' argumentation conveniently ignores. I'd like to see how much of a success the Macintosh would have been with just a mouse ;)
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