ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1578arrow-down1external-linkUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square260fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareHidingCat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoKeying does no good, have you tried fumbling with a serial port connection before? Same difference, and it’s keyed too. What’d have helped is clear markings and plug heads, like how some DIN connectors are done: The orientation simply cannot be missed.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoYeah, it’s orientation I mean more than keying. USB-B was much easier to plug in than A. Orientation is very clear.
Keying does no good, have you tried fumbling with a serial port connection before? Same difference, and it’s keyed too.
What’d have helped is clear markings and plug heads, like how some DIN connectors are done: The orientation simply cannot be missed.
Yeah, it’s orientation I mean more than keying. USB-B was much easier to plug in than A. Orientation is very clear.