December 10, 2019

Ted made a sweet 3D printed prototype so that we could test what it would be like to navigate by clicking the screen. It's great.

We've spent dozens of hours (if anything I'm low-balling that estimate) debating the basics of how users will interface with the device. The current front runner is that each screen will be set over a button. When you push on the screen you'll feel a satisfying mechanical "click". This gives us a button on each side and a "double click" when you squeeze both screens at the same time.

Longer story shorter, Ted used his 3D printer to put some spare buttons into a prototype made entirely of plastic. The black case is two pieces that snap together and there are three layers of gray plastic: two "screens" and one "PCB". We glued a spare button to each side of the faux PCB and made what turns out to be a super satisfying fidget device. Maybe we should pivot to creating Flippityclickit...

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