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Who needs an external on/off Wi-Fi button?
It puzzles me that there are Laptops which are shipped with external physical Wi-Fi buttons. I see no real use of it, but it might have a historical explanation?! The only time one notice the external ...
75
votes
7answers
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What reason could Nintendo have had for putting the A and B buttons the wrong way round?
When Nintendo brought out it's first game system, the NES, it had a controller with four buttons:
Select
Start
A
B
However, somewhere, a designer, in their infinite wisdom, decided that the A and ...
4
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4answers
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Why did Google opt-out of hardware buttons for Nexus devices?
Are there any real UX reasons to remove hardware buttons from Android Nexus devices?
In above Nexus 4 the bottom part is wasted space - won't adding buttons like menu/back/home make it more ...
15
votes
5answers
593 views
Why do most dashboards use capital words?
Most car manufacturers seem to use ALL CAPS for the interiors's buttons and switches, at least when they are not using symbols. Example:
They even use capitals for things that are not even ...
31
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9answers
2k views
Why don't most elevator panels let you unselect?
We've all seen it in the movies where a kid will push all the buttons in an elevator. We've all likely done it - accidentally hit the wrong floor.
There's no unselect after you select a floor in an ...
6
votes
8answers
337 views
Order of physical controls: volume down, volume up, mute
My speaker has 3 physical buttons in this order:
volume down
volume up
mute
I find the order quite illogical, I would expect:
volume up
volume down
mute
Is there any convention on the ...
256
votes
22answers
12k views
Why do people clear the screen multiple times when using a calculator?
I've noticed that most people when using a real or a virtual calculator, they hit the Clear button multiple times when clearing the screen (even though hitting it once is enough), so I started ...
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3answers
526 views
What is the reason for Concave round buttons in Elevators
What is the reason many elevators have concave shaped buttons.
Like this:
Any special reason behind this?
