How Complex Modern Headlights Can Be

Re:How Complex Modern Headlights Can Be by MS90 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @04:19PM (#21839440)

That's not the technology failing, that's the users failing. Technological failure would imply that manually turning your lights on and off somehow breaks them or renders them otherwise nonfunctional, or the lever/switch itself breaks.

If someone got in a car and tried to put it in drive without starting it, would that be a technological failure of ignition switches?

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Re:How Complex Modern Headlights Can Be by ska on Friday December 20, 2019 @01:43PM (#21846432)

You are correct that I was a bit sloppy with terminology, but the point is it is not a user failure, but a failure in design. If your users consistently fail to execute an action with your product correctly, it is a failure of the product, not the user. You can mitigate sometimes with training, but if a better design is available, that's usually the best course.

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