Apple`s Philosophy

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"How do you turn off an iPod?
Hold down play for 3 seconds!

How do you go to a previous menu?
Press menu

How do you go to the next menu?
Press the button in the center of the dial

How do you change the volume?
With the scroll wheel*
*as long as the display is showing the current song and it's not showing the song's rating or the progress bar (in which case you press the middle button until you see the volume, and THEN you use the scroll wheel)

How do I plug it into the wall?
Use the firewire port -- duh!?!

Don't get me wrong. I love my iPod, but removing buttons does not make something more simple.

Changing the context of a button only works when you can change its label too."

this pretty much summarize's apple's design philosophy, not only in terms of hardware (ie: mouse) but os as well (ie: trash). only a company so devoid of common sense and intuitivity would make one button do EVERYTHING.

yes, simpler is better, but simpler isn't less.