Going through the responses to Victor’s rant, I found it interesting how many people agreed with the idea that touchscreens are a dead end, but still struggled to imagine what a better alternative would look like. It’s almost like we all know something is missing, but we’re too deep inside the current system to clearly picture a different path. I noticed some people pointed to things like haptic feedback or VR as potential improvements, but even those seem to stay within the same basic mindset — still about looking at and manipulating screens, just in fancier ways. It made me realize how hard it is to break out of an existing mental model once it becomes the norm.
What also stood out to me is that a lot of the responses weren’t dismissive or defensive — they were actually pretty hopeful. Even though Victor’s tone was a bit harsh in the original rant, the responses seemed to take it as a genuine challenge rather than just criticism. That feels important, because it shows that many designers do want to think bigger; they just need help finding new tools or ways of thinking. It made me think that maybe progress in interaction design isn’t about inventing some magic new device overnight, but about slowly shifting how we even define interaction in the first place.