@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 months agoUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.commessage-square215fedilinkarrow-up1587cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareHidingCatlinkfedilink3•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•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.