Brad Myers' Pick, Click, Flick is a historical reference of UX interaction, cataloging the evolution of UX over the decades. As a historical record of what has been built, the book is reasonably thorough.

While reading through it though, I found myself wanting more reflection from the author on why these changes occurred. (e.g. listing every scrollbar is helpful, but a deeper discussion of how they evolved, which ones succeeded, how mobile has turned scrolling on its head, all would have been fascinating) A raw catalog just begs so many "why?" questions. I was hoping Brad's historical perspective might impart more insight.

Ultimately, it is unfair to critique a book for what it never set out to be. Pick, Click, Flick is a historical index of what has gone before, and it succeeds at that goal. It's just whet my appetite for a follow up book that discusses what we've learned from that history (and what we've forgotten!) helping frame what we should be doing next.