Check my post out about using nail varnish to cover up the LEDs. But the design problem is much, much bigger than just gaudy LEDs. There are so many electronic

Check my post out about using nail varnish to cover up the LEDs. But the design problem is much, much bigger than just gaudy LEDs. There are so many electronic appliances (and software UIs, etc.) around that have been designed by people without any skills whatsoever in design or without any understanding in user ergonomics. It's a serious problem even from a secondary perspective, as it so annoys people that they chuck equipment away before its use-by date which only adds to the mountains of e-waste. I have several set-top boxes (PVRs) with software that is so dreadfully bad (not to mention full of serious software bugs) that I consider these appliances close to being unusable.