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I've opined the same before. Just put standard-colored rings (with textures, if we want to be sight-flexible) on the cables, when they're shipped from the facto
by ethbr0 5y ago
I've opined the same before. Just put standard-colored rings (with textures, if we want to be sight-flexible) on the cables, when they're shipped from the factory.
Standardize the colors through the IF, and bam, you can tell at a glance what a cable is capable of.
Like resistors, except I don't think cables are likely to shrink too much in the future.
- lmm 5y agoYou'll never get Apple to do that though. They didn't with USB-3, they didn't with mouse/keyboard, they won't put them on their cables. And since they're the premium brand, everyone else will have to follow them.
- Godel_unicode 5y agoI'm not sure why you're being downvoted, those examples are all absolutely true. There's no chance of Apple complying with a spec which doesn't meet their sense of industrial design (which there's no way this would). I will say, they're not alone. Look at Razer, for instance. Electric green is not exactly a part of the USB 3 standard.
- ethbr0 5y agoIn which case Apple is welcome to deal with their users being confused about cables. I see this as how the market is supposed to work. If it's a cable property, then Apple can do whatever it wants with its cables. And everyone else can do what they want with theirs.
- fragmede 5y agoWhich is a great solution if all you have are Apple cables, but colored rings fall off or get broken. It's like the US solution to healthcare: "don't be poor", it's not practical in real-world sense. People are going to buy (and make) whatever shit cable they want and regulations and standards don't mean a thing.
- Robin_Message 5y agoYou could colour the plastic inside the connector. That would be invisible once plugged which would probably suit Apple etc.