In OBSOLETE I write a little bit about how push buttons are becoming obsolete. Buttons on phones have been reduced to tiny little things. It’s like the phone companies are almost embarrassed that they have to include them at all. There seems to be a direct correlation between how modern something looks and how few buttons it has.

Mostly, buttons are now mere ideas. They are squares (or even just links) that we touch on screens. But you know what? I miss buttons! That springy feeling, the cold, smooth surface under your thumb…

You know what had good buttons? Video games in the 1980s. Check out this guys button-tastic device. (via Gizmodo)

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