Do they do this kind of thing on purpose?

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• glennmagusharvey

  2014-03-25 23:15:31

  It took me 10 seconds to realize that you were talking about how the menu and back buttons are switched.  (It's a menu button, right?)
  
• Princess Alice

  2014-03-25 23:22:31

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  It's actually the "Recent Apps" button.
  
  I assume Samsung did it that way because the S3 and S4 had a menu button on the left and the back button on the right, and they wanted to keep the back button in the same place.
  
  But it still strikes me as an odd choice when everyone else is doing it the other way.
• lee4hmz

  2014-03-25 23:26:12

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  The HTC One doesn't have a Recent Apps button (you press Home twice for that), but at least the Back button is on the left...
• Obā-san

  2014-03-25 23:27:28

  
  

  i rather dislike physical buttons

  
  

  it's just another thing that can break imo
• Aliroz

  2014-03-27 18:02:53 edited 2014-03-27 21:19:30

  ...And even when your hope is gone

  move along, move along, just to make it through

  (2015 self)

  Yon Assassin said:

  i rather dislike physical buttons

  
  

  it's just another thing that can break imo

  I love the tactile and physical.
  
  It might not be for the best your sort are the ones ruling the world; the blind might suffer for it.
  
  I'll keep my levers, knobs, dials, switches, handles, buttons, and keys any day.
  
• Hexartes

  2014-03-27 19:43:57

  I too prefer tactile stuff; mainly because it's better for most video games.
• glennmagusharvey

  2014-03-27 23:45:58

  I prefer tactile stuff since (1) I can use it without looking, (2) I can input a sequence of buttons before the screen changes to what i need it to be, and (3) if it breaks, i might actually be able to fix it or find a kludge.
  
• Princess Alice

  2014-03-27 23:53:21 edited 2014-03-27 23:53:45

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  The "menu" and "back" buttons on the Galaxy S phones (and the "recent apps" on the S5) are touch-sensitive capacitive "buttons", which really aren't any more tactile than just having icons on a touchscreen.

  
  

  For some reason the Galaxy S phones (barring some carrier-specific differences) have normal push-'em-in buttons for "home" though. Go figure.
• Tachyon

  2014-03-28 03:04:00

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  i prefer tactile stuff
  
  it just feels more real, somehow
  
  and i agree with Aliroz and Kex.
  
• Aliroz

  2014-03-28 13:40:17

  ...And even when your hope is gone

  move along, move along, just to make it through

  (2015 self)

  Nah, the people who don't like tactile stuff will probably find something to help the blind, so there's not much of anything to worry about, I guess.