How is using magnets a “new button”?
Disabled folks who can’t fasten buttons have been using magnet closures for a while. This guy adds the ability to decorate it and that’s a new button?
The Guy Who Designed the iPhone Made a New Button
Submitted 2 months ago by realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club to technology@lemmy.world
https://gizmodo.com/the-guy-who-designed-the-iphone-made-a-new-button-2000495830
Comments
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 months ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
“There wasn’t some arrogant ambition around disruption [of buttons],” Ive told the outlet. “It was a very gentle, humble exploration.”
jdeath@lemm.ee 2 months ago
that can’t be real… oh no. wtaf!
radicallife@lemm.ee 2 months ago
“Get those magnets wet and boom, no more magnet.” -djt
emax_gomax@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hah, you clean your clothes. What a low socio economic peasant. I just throw them away when they get old. /s
dumbass@leminal.space 2 months ago
I burn mine after use, can’t risk those poors getting their hands on them.
SassyRamen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
DJT actually knows a lot about how magnets work I’d say way more than most people, a lot of people actually. They all say so.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Is that an actual quote?
MisterMoo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Congrats on inventing a $150 button, Jony.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No AI??? And it’s considered a new invention? Meh!
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 months ago
What’s new about it? They look like normal snap buttons.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The big quirk of the design is the outfit’s buttons, which are basically just normal buttons except for the fact that they are magnetized so that you can swap out the separate outfit toppings at the drop of a hat.
Telorand@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Because as we know, shirts and other layers falling off our bodies is a problem we all face. And what we need to solve it is an over-engineered button.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Interesting idea but I fear magnets might have unintended side effects to phones and wearable electronics like headphones.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 months ago
You can tell the guy wasn’t that interested in writing this but he’s I have to admit I agree.
The guys made the top, I don’t care.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Exactly. My need for a coat/jacket is already satisfied, and fashion really isn’t something I care about. I also don’t care about this designer.
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You’re allowed to add buttons? I thought modern phones only took them away.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
They moved them to jackets and made them magnetic.
TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Looks slick
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fucking magnets. Saved you a click.
(Magnetic clothing buttons have already been invented. Repeatedly. You can buy 20 for six bucks on Amazon.)
antmzo220@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
How do they work?
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well you see, when two magnets love each other very much…
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO0r930Sn_8
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Baby clothing has had this for many years, and I believe male strippers use these to make their pants easy to remove and reassemble for repetitive stripping.
swab148@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Or just dudes who are lazy but also don’t wanna sleep in their pants! You don’t necessarily have to be a stripper to enjoy the many benefits of magnetic pants, is all I’m saying.