• @Subtracty@lemmy.world
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    4018 days ago

    Plotnick, an associate professor of cinema and media studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, is the leading expert on buttons and how people interact with them.

    I like that being a leading expert on buttons is a profession that exists in this world. You go Rachel Plotnick.

    • @Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      918 days ago

      Leading expert on buttons says to use buttons?

      Mild shock

      Seriously though they are needed for many features especially cars or eyes away

      • @TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world
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        818 days ago

        Leading expert on buttons says to use buttons?

        It’s exactly what Big Button wants you to think!!! Wake up sheeple!!!1!1!11

    • @captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      318 days ago

      I’m just shocked that’s a cinema and media studies professor. I’d’ve expected human factors engineering or psychology, especially at such a psych school

      • @EpeeGnome@lemm.ee
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        218 days ago

        Professors don’t always teach in their actual area of expertise. I had a German language professor whose PhD was in Philosophy and activity published in that field, in English, German and French journals. It does seem like an odd combination, but probably not a lot of students signing up for a class in usability of buttons, even from the fields you would expect to study them .