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Yeah, it's a bit of tragedy. Resistor style stripes on cables would be fun, a stripe for each feature such as bandwidth, power, etc; perhaps already suggested
by grlass 5y ago
Yeah, it's a bit of tragedy.
Resistor style stripes on cables would be fun, a stripe for each feature such as bandwidth, power, etc; perhaps already suggested (and ignored). Though complement for ports would be trickier.
Embossing symbols in the style of thunderbolt might be the way to go, even if the standard is not fully adopted.
- spicybright 5y agoHa, I love the color idea.
- omega3 5y agoThis is terrible for colorblind people.
- salawat 5y agoFor accessibility, assign specific texture patterns on the outside of the insulation for different capabilities. Then you can tell the capabilities by running the cable through your hands.
- watersb 5y agoI actually have started down this path for my own cables -- the nylon braided ones are lower power etc. My first attempt was different colors for each device, but was too tedious. Three categories - low power, high power slow USB2, and 100W Thunderbolt. - Low power: generic cables from wherever - High power slow: cables that came with reputable charger (the vendor's cable, like Apple or Samsung; my favorite 3rd party charger is https://www.ravpower.com/products/rp-pc112-gan-tech-61w-wall-charger https://www.ravpower.com/products/rp-pc112-gan-tech-61w-wall...) - Thuderbolt: I buy from https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt
- Dylan16807 5y ago> each feature such as bandwidth, power, etc; Honestly that's about all you need. Even just a bandwidth indicator would be suitable 90% of the time.