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ThurberMingus · 829 days ago · link · · parent · post: Physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars
Zaphod waved a hand and the channel switched again. More gunk musicThe machine was rather difficult to operate. For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive—you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure, of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same program.