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Re:The phone-makers bringing back buttons by antisthenes on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @07:37PM (#19268154)
That's great, except it's not even remotely relevant to kitchen appliances.

Those have existed for decades with the same functions and each one of them does a particular task very well. Nor do you do anything on those devices that involves reading a lot of text or watching full screen video where buttons (or UI in general) could get in the way - the polar opposite of smartphones.

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Re:The phone-makers bringing back buttons by ErikVandeWater on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @09:15PM (#19268515)
But what if you need to tweet using your smartfridge??

But seriously, you are exactly right. There is no need to retrain the user for no benefit.

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