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Originally Posted by kazbates
I've often wondered if the design teams for some of these gadgets actually talk to regular people when they make changes. I would have loved to have had some input into the changes they made on the 600 and the first thing to go would be the raised frame. The second would be the button placement. This poll shows that many people prefer using the buttons but like the other aspects of the 600 enough to want it over the 300. Putting the buttons in a more ergonomic position would have made a great deal of sense. It makes me wonder if they actually use the products they are creating.
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i wonder the same thing, frequently.
it's too bad, because we've got a huge pool of people here who i'm sure would LOVE to be beta-testers for new designs. even without using an external pool, i agree, 5 minutes of any of their designers actually using the thing themselves should have made it obvious that the raised frame was a mistake. maybe they never actually see them except as drawings...
personally, apart from the raised screen, i would put the "back" button back where it was on the 700, rather than sticking it at the bottom of the options menu, or at the top left corner of a popup screen (the worst possible place for it, for me. even the top right would be better). the rest of the buttons don't bother me, but i can imagine that someone who uses them to turn pages would prefer a more ergonomic design / placement for them.
luckily, apart from this sort of detail, i think the interface is actually really well-done, overall.