Re:Ever Plugged a USB in Wrong? (2019)
by cogman10 on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @03:11PM
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The problem is the seeing part. If you have to see in order to plug in a cable then it is inherently harder to work with.
You don't, for example, hear the same complaints about DVI, VGA, Serial, or Parallel ports. Why? Because you can feel the right orientation when you plug things in.
If you can't feel the right orientation, then the next best thing is to make the orientation not matter.
This is why S-Video sucks. Because you MUST see to work with it.
Of course, the main reason people have a problem with USB is because they are constantly interacting with it, plugging and unplugging things.
Re:Ever Plugged a USB in Wrong? (2019)
by Moeg on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @03:18PM
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Not all vga connectors are made equal, I had some that would quite easily plug in the wrong way, luckily no damage was caused by that and it was back in the day.
You don't, for example, hear the same complaints about DVI, VGA, Serial, or Parallel ports. Why? Because you can feel the right orientation when you plug things in.
If you can't feel the right orientation, then the next best thing is to make the orientation not matter.
This is why S-Video sucks. Because you MUST see to work with it.
Of course, the main reason people have a problem with USB is because they are constantly interacting with it, plugging and unplugging things.