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If we're not going back to circular slip-ring connectors that allow rotation (like TRS or DC plugs,) then the step after the +-90-reversible USB-C is a triangul
by tommiegannert 3y ago
If we're not going back to circular slip-ring connectors that allow rotation (like TRS or DC plugs,) then the step after the +-90-reversible USB-C is a triangular one. So you only need to rotate it +-30 if you got it wrong. Now I really want a triangular connector. Like in alien-tech movies.
- polishdude20 3y agoLet's go further and get a hexagonal one.
- jpeanuts 3y agoThis is not so crazy - this was exactly the progression in screw drives. First came slotted screws (2-fold rotational symmetry), then Phillips/posidrive/Robertson (4-fold), and now Torx (6-fold). Going back to slotted now is actually irritating. Of course the constraints and trade-offs are very different... still it would be a piece of cake to plug them in on the backside of a box with your eyes closed.
- perilunar 3y agoWhat's wrong with circular? There's no wrong way to plug it in.
- tommiegannert 3y agoNothing to me, for the same reason you gave. I'd love to see them making a comeback. My guess is they won't come back because modern connectors are so thin that if you made them equally narrow, they'd break/bend easily. (And yes, 3.5mm really is too thick to be a standard size, e.g. in wearables. The outer thickness of the USB-C socket is 3.3mm.)