I suppose if the first windows were electric, they might have just said “open the window”
For the phone dial, I suppose we could say “key in the number” rather than “dial the number.” Of course with cell phone touch screens they aren’t even physical keys anymore. Though in UI framework terminology, I suppose they aren’t even physical usually still referred to as buttons. Though you don’t “button in the number.”
And while “button” is a verb, it’s used for the original “button” which was a device on clothing used to hold two pieces together. Electronic “buttons” were just named because they resembled these things people were used to on clothing.
I suppose if the first windows were electric, they might have just said “open the window”
For the phone dial, I suppose we could say “key in the number” rather than “dial the number.” Of course with cell phone touch screens they aren’t even physical keys anymore. Though in UI framework terminology, I suppose they aren’t even physical usually still referred to as buttons. Though you don’t “button in the number.”
And while “button” is a verb, it’s used for the original “button” which was a device on clothing used to hold two pieces together. Electronic “buttons” were just named because they resembled these things people were used to on clothing.