Apple made the last iPod shuffle so small that it was a bad design.  The super tiny design couldn&#x27;t be operated easily when running and it was hard to press the buttons. The &quot;next track&quot; button was moved so close to the headphone jack that my fingers couldn&#x27;t actually get in there to click it (the headphone jack used to be on the other side of the device).<p>They trimmed a few millimeters off the edge of the device so that the clip used to clip it to your clothing could no longer be operated easily. My fingers kept slipping off the clip when trying to operate it.<p>The previous model iPod shuffle was, I think, one of the finest designed consumer electronics ever - it didn&#x27;t need anything changed.  But Apple just had to go make it smaller.<p>Apple seems to have come to believe that smaller is better when in fact there is an optimal size and any smaller is detrimental to usability.  Apple doesn&#x27;t understand the concept of &quot;the right size&quot;, all it wants to do is stroke its own ego by making things smaller.<p>I miss that old iPod shuffle design.  I would have kept buying them buy they are no longer available, and I&#x27;m not going to buy the crappy new useless super tiny design.