I like buttons.
What are your thoughts on the look and feel of the button design on the T series readers (PRS-T1, PRS-T2 and PRS-T3)?
http://hq.update.sony.net.edgesuite....0001008205.jpg
Sony kept the button design basically the same on no less than
3 generations of units as far as I can tell. Was it the right decision?
My dislikes
* silver paint on the buttons (paint coatings on plastics that are used frequently wear away eventually). As a general rule, I dislike silver paint and think it always cheapens a product. The idea of making plastics look like metal is a silly one to me.
* the fact that the buttons are shaped according to their function instead of being all the same (with their function printed above or below the button instead)
* the feel of the buttons under my finger has never felt as good as it should be. Rough. 'Stabby'. Inconsistent. My ideal would be a finger-friendly circular concave or convex button with perhaps one main button (home?) being a different tactile feel (raised dot on it or perhaps concave where others are convex).
What are your thoughts on the button design of the T-Series?
I am aware Sony won't be making any more 'consumer' e-reader units, but I'm just curious about your thoughts on their design here. If you never thought about the buttons and think I'm insane, well that wouldn't surprise me since I tend to have aversions to the smallest design elements that I think could be improved.
Most of all I'm surprised Sony kept the button design the same over 3 years, because I never felt it was right from the beginning. Your thoughts?