Did you ever get to use one of the old iPods with a click wheel interface? That thing is a genuine legend of engineering, and deservedly so. They definitely spent a lot on marketing, but marketing wasn’t their only advantage.
Iconic, not legendary engineering, the click wheel got annoying, scrolling over tracks you wanted select, scrolling when you click it, etc, it was far from perfect.
Did you ever get to use one of the old iPods with a click wheel interface? That thing is a genuine legend of engineering, and deservedly so. They definitely spent a lot on marketing, but marketing wasn’t their only advantage.
Yes I did. But admittedly very young. How was it a “legend of engineering”?
This article says it better than I can
It says you could use it without looking at it. Which was true of all music players at the time. Many didn’t even have a display. What else ya got?
https://uxdesign.cc/the-click-wheel-one-of-apples-most-iconic-designs-3bd131281a51
Iconic, not legendary engineering, the click wheel got annoying, scrolling over tracks you wanted select, scrolling when you click it, etc, it was far from perfect.