lifts and stuff 0 ▲ Atharva Raykar 1 hour ago · Tech · hide · 0 comments I am usually chill. The world moves through me without much trouble.That said, in my head, I notice about a hundred subtly "incorrect" or subtly broken things in the world. I am secretly the biggest nitpicker, and this is a view into that part of my mind.The liftMy apartment's lift has capacitive buttons. Capacitive buttons don't have a tactile feel, but the implications are beyond the dissatisfaction of calling the lift. Old people struggle to figure out how hard to press, and the feedback is not immediate. The press detection is unreliable.The blind can work with physical buttons, as they can feel the grooves and edges. There could be braille too. But every button inside and outside this lift is behind a flat glass panel, and so there's no clear marker for them.The doors of the lift also close after 30 seconds, in an apartment with extremely low footfall. Most people assume the doors don't close, and have to press a manual door close capacitive button every single time, every single… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.