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    Preference for a 3- or 5-Button Configuration?

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    • EgikaE Offline
      Egika Platinum Member @TrailEyes
      last edited by Egika

      @TrailEyes same for me. I like the 3 button configuration. long and short presses plus touch screen are perfect for me.
      The idea of a rotating bezel (came up when people first saw the notches in Vertical bezel) or a rotating button to quickly scroll though menus, lists or adjust the zoom is appealing though.

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      • tazidenT Offline
        taziden Gold Members @TrailEyes
        last edited by

        @TrailEyes for me 3 buttons + touchscreen is perfect, especially with S9P/S9PP where they are quite “hidden” and contribute to the minimalist design.

        S9PP

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        • freeheelerF Offline
          freeheeler @TrailEyes
          last edited by

          @TrailEyes
          sorry, my answer was very brief 🙈
          I prefer 3 buttons with intuitive and memorable logic and touch for non-glove activities/seasons. I also like buttons that I can press with at least softshell or medium hardshell gloves and I’m not the biggest fan of fiddly stuff

          living sideways

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          • EzioAuditoreE Offline
            EzioAuditore Gold Members @TrailEyes
            last edited by EzioAuditore

            @TrailEyes 3. They are Garmin users hence the 5 button preference since they are used to it. When I had the f6 I found the layout so confusing that I wanted to throw the watch away immediately. Even polar’s vantage has better button mapping 🙂

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            • v.sacreV Offline
              v.sacre Silver Members
              last edited by v.sacre

              3 buttons definitively, more aesthetic !
              Rotating button, I really don’t like what have been made by Coros for example…

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              • EzioAuditoreE Offline
                EzioAuditore Gold Members @v.sacre
                last edited by

                Oh and do not get me started on the quality of the button press (maybe off topic) but every button on garmin has different click feedback… that’s what cheep components do!

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                • EgikaE Offline
                  Egika Platinum Member @v.sacre
                  last edited by

                  @v-sacre Coros’ (or in general competitors’) implementation of things should not be the benchmark.
                  The benchmark should be usability

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                  • TrailEyesT Offline
                    TrailEyes Gold Members @freeheeler
                    last edited by

                    @freeheeler Nothing wrong with being a man of few words 😀

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                    • TonyGT Offline
                      TonyG Silver Members @Egika
                      last edited by TonyG

                      @Egika I have had the Coros Apex Pro, and the rotating button on that got gunked up with fine silt (work in intertidal sediments) and refused to turn, took only one outing in that environment to convince me that rotating buttons were not suitable for me 🙂 I currently use a Garmin and 5 button or three doesnt bother me either way so long as the UI can navigated with ease, if I had to Pick then Three with Touchscreen as per Suunto solution.

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                      • freeheelerF Offline
                        freeheeler @TrailEyes
                        last edited by

                        @TrailEyes
                        🍻

                        living sideways

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                        • Łukasz SzmigielŁ Offline
                          Łukasz Szmigiel
                          last edited by

                          The only thing I miss from my S5 after switching to S9PP is being unable to cycle back screens during the workout. This is insane when having an active navigation, 3 screens and an S+. The way I used to operate S5 is by having the most useful data screen as the last one before the navigation, which allowed me to simply switch +1 or -1 for most of the time. I can’t do this with S9 series.

                          3 buttons is fine but I’d like Suunto to come up with a solution to this particular problem while having only 3 buttons.

                          S9PP 2.40.44

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                          • DMytroD Offline
                            DMytro
                            last edited by

                            What some other people mentioned: dedicated ‘back’ button and switch to rhe previous screen in workout would be nice. Hence, 4 buttons for me I guess.
                            Or, what I’d prefer even more is a rotating crown, like Coros has. That opens up the other two buttons to be ‘select’ and ‘back’. If the crown is also clickable, then even more functionality would fit.

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                              Freezer Bronze Member @Łukasz Szmigiel
                              last edited by

                              @Łukasz-Szmigiel @isazi in the current 3 button configuration a “medium” long press of the middle button could be used to move back a screen (up until you hold the button long enough to enter options).

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                                3 👍 😀

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                                • Łukasz SzmigielŁ Offline
                                  Łukasz Szmigiel @Freezer
                                  last edited by

                                  @Freezer I was also thinking about double click. But that would interfere with instances of clocking three or four times in a row.

                                  But holding for back is not a bad idea. There’s an animation running when you hold the middle button. It could be redesigned to show what action a hold would trigger.

                                  S9PP 2.40.44

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                                  • ? Offline
                                    A Former User @Łukasz Szmigiel
                                    last edited by

                                    5 button for me

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                                    • isaziI Online
                                      isazi Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      I do not have a strong preference for buttons, but I would not give up on touchscreen. Since moving to the S9B I realized that for many things a touchscreen is more convenient than buttons.

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                                      • northeast_trekkerN Offline
                                        northeast_trekker Bronze Member
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                                        I have used watches with 3 button plus touchscreen (Suunto Spartan and S9B) and 4 buttons (S7) and 5 buttons no touchscreen (Wahoo Rival) and I can definitely say although I think the 3 button approach works for the traditional Suunto sports app UI with breadcrumb navigation, I much prefer the 4 or 5 button approach. Having that extra button or two helps in some very tangible and practical ways esp when you introduce maps and the zoom functionality that becomes that much more information-giving.

                                        • dedicated backlight button is very nice, adds options for user to have more control over the watch

                                        • dedicated back button is just nice when you don’t want to swipe screen. on older 3 button devices I never used the long middle button hold.

                                        • adding a 4 or 5 button layout adds ability for hotkeys. whereas current 3 button really limits because long hold of upper right is dedicated to a soft reset, middle button hold is (or was in old UI) dedicated to a quick menu start.

                                        I agree with the reviewers, Suunto needs to add more buttons to compete and open up their UI to be more flexible esp now with maps. having to long hold to zoom out seems like a pain compared to how S7 worked with map zoom.

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                                        • HighlandsH Offline
                                          Highlands @northeast_trekker
                                          last edited by

                                          @northeast_trekker I find the 5 buttons layout better for my personal needs. I use the touch when working with the maps.

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