Hi Fred - interspersed: Shel
> [Original Message] > From: Fred > However, on my new DS, I have found that the entire 4-way switch assembly > is not exactly the finest design in user-interface engineering. I think the design is OK, not great, but OK. The implementation seems a little tacky - kind of loose, not a real solid feel to it. > For both > the left-right-up-down functioning and the OK functioning, pressing the > button (or the appropriate edge of the 4-way switch) does ~not~ always > result in the intended action. I have found that I have to be a little > more deliberate. Maybe I'm used to being more deliberate as I've worked with the little Sony for a while. It has a similar switch, which feels a lot more solid, but which works in a similar, but not identical, fashion. > > In the case of the OK button, for example, I have found that pressing the > OK button with the flesh of my fingertip (even if I always feel the soft > "ka-plunk", as the button more-or-less hits bottom) does ~not~ always > result in the OK action being "heard" by the camera's circuitry. However, > I have found that, if I poke the OK button and press it down with my > fingernail, I always have success. The fingernail approach works best for me as well. > I am curious - do any other DS users notice any "tackiness" in these > controls? And, how about the *ist D? Yes ... similar controls on the Sony, my only real point of comparison, feel a lot better. Shel
