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Curved vs Straight button layout.....let's settle this with a poll.
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AGarv:
If you are going for classic arcade authenticity, then no curve.  Guests will not be accustomed to your particular flavor of curved buttons.  IMO asking a serious SF2 player to play against you with your custom, curved buttons is borderline rude.  Might as well hand a rapier to a samurai, then ask him to duel you.

If you play solo marathon sessions for hours on end, then perhaps curved.  Even then, the "straight" SF2 button layout can work well ergonomically if you have enough distance between the joystick and the buttons to allow for a decent wrist angle.

Dawgz Rule:

--- Quote --- The argument is that your fingers naturally form a curve.  However... thats Only when they are flat on the table.  When you play a game, or even type on your keyboard... your fingers bend at the kunckles, and pretty much even out the distances... forming a perfectly comfortable straight line.  Which is the reason why 95% of computer uses.. use standard straight keyboard layouts.   
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There is absolutely no truth to your keyboard analogy.   The simple truth is that modern keyboards are simply a carryover from the typewriter. 

When I place my hand in a comfortable format for gaming, there seems to be a natural curve.  It definitely does not form a "perfectly comfortable straight line". 
Fursphere:

--- Quote from: AGarv on August 19, 2013, 12:31:48 pm ---If you are going for classic arcade authenticity, then no curve.  Guests will not be accustomed to your particular flavor of curved buttons.  IMO asking a serious SF2 player to play against you with your custom, curved buttons is borderline rude.  Might as well hand a rapier to a samurai, then ask him to duel you.

If you play solo marathon sessions for hours on end, then perhaps curved.  Even then, the "straight" SF2 button layout can work well ergonomically if you have enough distance between the joystick and the buttons to allow for a decent wrist angle.

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If you're going to go to that extreme, you better be using the proper joystick too, and the proper button types (leaf vs. micro swift).

Oh, whats that?  You're a console SF2 player?   Bah..  whatever.
lanman31337:
I enjoy fighters just like everyone else, and when I build control panels, I use curved button layouts.  Regardless what game I'm playing, it's comfortable.  I have no problem doing my combos with Street Fighter.
Unstupid:

--- Quote from: Dawgz Rule on August 19, 2013, 01:22:19 pm ---
--- Quote --- The argument is that your fingers naturally form a curve.  However... thats Only when they are flat on the table.  When you play a game, or even type on your keyboard... your fingers bend at the kunckles, and pretty much even out the distances... forming a perfectly comfortable straight line.  Which is the reason why 95% of computer uses.. use standard straight keyboard layouts.   
--- End quote ---

There is absolutely no truth to your keyboard analogy.   The simple truth is that modern keyboards are simply a carryover from the typewriter. 

When I place my hand in a comfortable format for gaming, there seems to be a natural curve.  It definitely does not form a "perfectly comfortable straight line".

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Very True.  Also consider that keyboard keys are only appx .75" apart while the spacing on arcade buttons is appx twice that, and as you spread your fingers apart they revert back into a curved arc. Try placing 4 fingers on letters H,J,K,L... Easy right?  Now place the same four fingers on D,G,J,L...  Not so easy eh?  Now try D,T,U,L...  Which is more comfortable?
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