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		kstenerud on April 8, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Apple Watch Why does it even need to be a dial? Why not a touch-strip along the side that you slide your finger along for scrolling? The whole idea of a dial seems backwards. I've always hated dials on watches. They catch on everything.

rimantas on April 9, 2015 [–]

With the touch strip you'd be limited by the length of it and 1:1 mapping for scrolling.

kstenerud on April 9, 2015 | [–]

Why does it have to map 1:1?

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