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The washing machine panel thing in my apartment has these metal buttons that are perhaps the most satisfying metal buttons I've ever pressed in my life. If my neurospicy brain had a swimming pool of these things I would die happily of starvation while flopping around pressing as many as I could. How in the world do I track down a featureless metal button and know I'm getting the right thing without being able to press them before buying? Are there like names for different types of buttons? What kind of rabbit hole am I looking at here? I want to refit my computer to have one of these things as my power button

I've added a pic but I have a video too which gives sound feedback. Idk how to post that though

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[–] fiat_lux@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

These are awesome. You make me miss the days of proper physical controls with real haptic feedback. Not this touchscreen with a little vibrator in it bullshit.

I also really wish I could push those buttons now. I want to know what they feel like!

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah one of the reasons I even got into computers is because of the crazy satisfying tactile experience. And they all feel so bleh now. I spent good money building a mechanical keyboard that feels like I'm in a duel with a malfunctioning robot when I type just so I can feel something. When I turn a computer on I want it to feel like an event, I turned the machine on with intention

[–] fiat_lux@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I also got into computers, thinking about it now, the tactile aspect was probably part of it. A power button making fans go whir and hard drives making slight crunchy noises and my keyboard with real springs... I miss a lot about that.