This always felt like something which the LCARS interface addressed, at least conceptually (though I've never seen an implementation which was more than just a skin).
I'd love to see folks finding the same sort of energy and innovation which was driving early projects such as Momenta and PenPoint and so forth.
Yes, there’s a video where Michael Okuda (with Adam Savage, I think?) recalls the TNG cast being worried about where to tap, and his response was essentially “you can’t press a wrong button“.
thanks for bringing this up, totally forgot the connection even though i looked at it before and also remember the adam savage interview