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Missing something we no longer have

Homebird

I have recently had to get a new phone. I was looking at a post and it changed the colour of the background then asked me about changing colours. It keeps telling me about new things and do I want to install an app.  I keep having to ask how to get out of loops.

Also I can no longer just turn it off, but have to swipe quickly up the screen twice (to avoid doing anything in the process like turning on the torch), to find a small square to start off the powering off. Apparently they are all like that now.

Then I can't swipe to the next page but have to use an arrow and to get rid of a page I have to minimize it first.  Rant over.

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  • Working in a lab we used centrifuges a lot. The old ones took about two seconds to set, turn a knob to select the speed, turn another knob to select the time then press go! Then touch-screen digital controls arrived - up and down arrows to press for both speed and time meant overshooting and undershooting the setting you wanted all the time. The result, something that took a couple of seconds then took  a frustratingly long time to achieve. Not an improvement, just the opposite! Looking flash and modern can result in the introduction of much lower usability and efficiency.

  • in reply to Martin

    It's a pity there aren't ones for those of us who just want something that works and has less chance of going wrong. One of our washing machines needed an update on the computer technology for it to work.

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