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When I stayed there, it was just as soul destroying to use these things as you might imagine. The implementation felt like they'd asked a VB6 dabbler to implem

When I stayed there, it was just as soul destroying to use these things as you might imagine. The implementation felt like they'd asked a VB6 dabbler to implement it in Java. Then stuck it in the cheapest 600mhz tablet they could find. The UI was purely a button grid with distorted graphics, and dodgy typography. Button presses took about 1/2 a second to respond, and every 5th press caused the app to crash (adding a good 30 s to the experience). My room had 4 tablets* in, and all of them behaved exactly the same way. * the idea of a tablet to control the room is neat if it could be moved around. Like a remote-control. But for security (and using Ethernet) they were all fixed down. Making them far more useless than plain switches

seanp2k2 11y ago
but it's got a touchscreen
x0x0 11y ago
Light switches that can fucking crash! Now I'm living in the future. I keep waiting for this iot/we put a chip in it/etc to produce results that are an improvement...
- dcposch 11y ago
  https://twitter.com/internetofshit https://twitter.com/internetofshit Edit: Here are the greatest hits. http://favstar.fm/users/internetofshit http://favstar.fm/users/internetofshit By the way, it seems like extreme product fail on Twitter's part that I have to go to a sketchy third party site to get the top tweets for an account.
  - esolyt 11y ago
    > By the way, it seems like extreme product fail Not necessarily. They just decided not to have this specific feature. It is a product design decision.
    - dcposch 11y ago
      Of course they decided not to have it. It's not like they aren't capable of implementing simple features. I just think it's a dumb decision. For many Twitter accounts, the top tweets are a lot more interesting than the latest tweets, especially if you've just discovered the account for the first time.
    - pbhjpbhj 11y ago
      What do you think the basis of that decision is?
- elinchrome 11y ago
  It's like on the pilot of Futurama. As Fry leaves the cryogenics he woke up in, the door automatically whooshes open. He stands under it and looks up, only to have it slam down into his face. On the DVD commentary, one of the writers explained that the future will be like Star Trek, but nothing will work. It's turning out to be true.

seanp2k2 11y ago

but it's got a touchscreen

x0x0 11y ago

Light switches that can fucking crash! Now I'm living in the future. I keep waiting for this iot/we put a chip in it/etc to produce results that are an improvement...

dcposch 11y ago
https://twitter.com/internetofshit https://twitter.com/internetofshit Edit: Here are the greatest hits. http://favstar.fm/users/internetofshit http://favstar.fm/users/internetofshit By the way, it seems like extreme product fail on Twitter's part that I have to go to a sketchy third party site to get the top tweets for an account.
- esolyt 11y ago
  > By the way, it seems like extreme product fail Not necessarily. They just decided not to have this specific feature. It is a product design decision.
  - dcposch 11y ago
    Of course they decided not to have it. It's not like they aren't capable of implementing simple features. I just think it's a dumb decision. For many Twitter accounts, the top tweets are a lot more interesting than the latest tweets, especially if you've just discovered the account for the first time.
  - pbhjpbhj 11y ago
    What do you think the basis of that decision is?
elinchrome 11y ago
It's like on the pilot of Futurama. As Fry leaves the cryogenics he woke up in, the door automatically whooshes open. He stands under it and looks up, only to have it slam down into his face. On the DVD commentary, one of the writers explained that the future will be like Star Trek, but nothing will work. It's turning out to be true.