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> just use a well designed cable Regardless of what you do with it, there's no way a USB cable can be called "well designed." A square connector is still a squ
by Osmium 14y ago
> just use a well designed cable
Regardless of what you do with it, there's no way a USB cable can be called "well designed." A square connector is still a square connector, and no amount of embossing will change that. Attempts to make USB connectors reversible* are well-intentioned, but will always be more fragile and expensive than a connector that's either designed to be reversible from the start or breaks the symmetry such that you can't even attempt to put it in the wrong way.
*e.g. http://www.flipperusb.com http://www.flipperusb.com
- Tichy 14y agoThe Micro-USB connector is not square. With normal USB, true, it can be annoying to find the right orientation, but they still seem to be zillions of times more sturdy than the cables before them. Remember PS2 with those tiny pins inside?
- Osmium 14y agoAgreed. The fact that we managed to get a versatile, standardised cable is a miracle and one I'm grateful for. But just because PS2 was bad, doesn't mean USB couldn't be better. Sadly, every micro USB cable needs a "normal" (Male A) USB connector at the other end.
- Tichy 14y agoSure, I have nothing against improvements :-)