Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Kooky Keypads

I don't know if the numeric keypad or the touch-tone phone keypad came first.

But it's pretty inexcusable that they aren't arranged in the same pattern.

Way to go, jerks.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The numeric came first. The most convincing theory for the discrepancy can be blamed on Ma-Bell's study “Human Factor Engineering Studies of the Design and Use of Pushbutton Telephone Sets.” - but really all the theories sound suspect and mostly I think they were trying to screw with your head.

[amlk]

Gav said...

"Ma Bell, I got the ill communication."