Shrinking electronics
Posted by Linknoid on 2005-04-02 15:19:09
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In spite of the fact that my fingers are probabably somewhere over 85th percentile male in size, I suspect that the shrinking buttons on electronics has little to do with targetting a 40th percentile female market. Rather, I would guess that it's simply a side effect of making electronics more portable, it leaves them less room to actually include the controls. On the other hand, I've heard that Japanese keyboards are like 30% smaller because their average hand size is significantly smaller than Americans. Who knows, maybe all the new stuff is being designed for Japanese and for kids.I haven't found too many things in life so far for which the controls are too small to use, but my new computer's reset button is enclosed in such a manner that I would almost have to use a paperclip or something to push it. However, if I push hard enough, I can squeeze my little finger in just enough to get it to reset. The other complaint I have is that the only bowling balls at bowling alleys with finger holes big enough for my fingers are 16 pounds, so I get stuck using that weight whether I want to or not.
Illyria (2005-03-30 22:52:41)
- Pointing devices (b.logan at 2005-03-30 22:43:38)
- Both (Yanthor at 2005-03-31 08:30:53)
- Acceleration (Zan Lynx at 2005-03-31 09:45:28)
- No more accidental selections (b.logan at 2005-03-31 10:23:14)
- Mice (Jäger at 2005-03-31 10:42:23)
- Sizes (Jäger at 2005-03-31 10:54:01)
- Mice, Shower Heads, etc. (cg4l at 2005-04-01 09:38:50)
- Shrinking electronics (Linknoid at 2005-04-02 15:19:09)
- T21 (Jäger at 2005-04-02 19:36:50)
- Sarge (cg4l at 2005-04-03 10:26:17)
