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With the connector itself, it was hard to tell, but the plastic part you held in your hand (molded plastic plus strain relief) wasn't symmetrical. You could th
by adrianmonk 6y ago
With the connector itself, it was hard to tell, but the plastic part you held in your hand (molded plastic plus strain relief) wasn't symmetrical.
You could thus develop a habit of putting, say, the flat part next to your thumb, and then you'd know the alignment of the cable. So if you knew the alignment of port, you could do reliably on the first attempt.
USB makes a slightly worse mistake, which is that the plastic part you hold in your hand feels the same way if you turn it around 180 degrees. So you have to point it at your face and look at it if you want to know which way you're holding it.
- twic 6y agoI think all of the USB-A jacks i have are made out of a sheet of metal folded over on itself, with the join on the bottom. You can tell which way up a jack is by looking for the join. See this picture of some random bitcoin gizmo: https://www.ccn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/usb-top-bottom-together.png https://www.ccn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/usb-top-botto... It's certainly not as easy as with ADB, but it only takes a quick glance to orient a USB jack. I can't be the only person to have noticed this.
- moftz 6y agoThe part that screws me up is whenever the USB port is upside down, meaning the plug goes in with the retention holes facing down.