Stupid design flaws

Firetrap

I've got a mouse that's driving me nuts. For some reason, the manufacturers decided to set a little retina-singeing blue light into the left click button on it. I wonder what scorpy little b'stard in the design office thought "Ha. I'll stick a totally unnecessary clear blue light into this mouse. It will blind the people who use it."

Scorpy bstard has some friends in the industry though: People who thought

• Let's make nasty DVD cases that will hold in the DVD so tightly that nobody will be able to remove it.
• Tins of fish that sever arteries when you try to pull back the lid on them
• Ring pulls that break, leaving victim having to beat in the opening with a blunt object
• "Resealable" packs of cooked hams that can only be opened by sharp knife

Creamy Goodness

my mate has a DSLR think it's either a nikon D60 or D40 can't remember, but everytime he focuses it turns on the LCD which is just under the viewfinder (the place you put your eye) and it blinds the hell out of the user.

Pyr0

Firetrap wrote: »

"Resealable" packs of cooked hams that can only be opened by sharp knife
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+1 one this, ****!ng useless things !

red_ice

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

my mate has a DSLR think it's either a nikon D60 or D40 can't remember, but everytime he focuses it turns on the LCD which is just under the viewfinder (the place you put your eye) and it blinds the hell out of the user.

not on my d60

Sharpshooter

Firetrap wrote: »

I've got a mouse that's driving me nuts. For some reason, the manufacturers decided to set a little retina-singing blue light into the left click button on it. I wonder what scorpy little b'stard in the design office thought "Ha. I'll stick a totally unnecessary clear blue light into this mouse. It will blind the people who use it."


Scorpy bstard has some friends in the industry though: People who thought

• Let's make nasty DVD cases that will hold in the DVD so tightly that nobody will be able to remove it.
• Tins of fish that sever arteries when you try to pull back the lid on them
• Ring pulls that break, leaving victim having to beat in the opening with a blunt object
• "Resealable" packs of cooked hams that can only be opened by sharp knife

Chill.

Pen1987

Mouse pad on laptops that allow you to scroll using a sidebar yet they scroll the whole way down the screen instead of as far as you move your finger along the bar. Grr.

Creamy Goodness

red_ice wrote: »

not on my d60

might be a D40 so, or it might be a dud camera :P

whatever it is it's quite painful especially at night time .

ohh and +1 on the resealable packs of ham, fecking hate when you peel it and left with not option other than use a knife.

i used to hate the plastic you get around cd's was absolutely impossible to get off, but a neat tip is to run a plectrum between the hinge of the case and that easily gets rid of the plastic.

also on cds you know them stickers that go on the top skinny side of the case that usually prevents the case from being opened. grrrrrr ****ing stupid things.

Shacklebolt

The fact that newer types of computer have the volume control onscreen not in a seperate and more convenient control.

Mraurrr

Pen1987 wrote: »

Mouse pad on laptops that allow you to scroll using a sidebar yet they scroll the whole way down the screen instead of as far as you move your finger along the bar. Grr.

Oh god yeah.
I was very excited about that function until that.

AlmightyCushion

Those stupid touch sensitive controls. They never seem to work except the one time you didn't actually mean to touch them. What was wrong with normal buttons.

AlmightyCushion

The plastic packets of ketchup that are meant to rip open easily. They rarely do.

Hande hoche!

Those taps you constantly have to keep pressed down for water to come out.

Dardania

Women.
Upc dvr doesn't record my programs series link style
Apartments with poor ventilation, and only electric heating to combat condensation

K-9

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

The plastic packets of ketchup that are meant to rip open easily. They rarely do.

YEP and include toothpaste there!

javaboy

What's next: airline peanuts being hard to open? What's the deal with cardboard?

Senna

Dardania wrote: »

Apartments with poor ventilation, and only electric heating to combat condensation

Stupid design flaws, yep nearly all houses and apartments thrown up in the last 3 years.

giggsy664

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Those stupid touch sensitive controls. They never seem to work except the one time you didn't actually mean to touch them. What was wrong with normal buttons.

Heard of the iPod touch?

AlmightyCushion

giggsy664 wrote: »

Heard of the iPod touch?

Yeah, and I messed about with one. The touch screen works quite well from what I've seen. I'm not talking about touch screens though, they are useful for when you don't have space for a mouse/touch pad. Touch sensitive buttons offer no advantage over normal buttons and have flaws that normal buttons don't. It seems the only reason they are used is because they are cool and futuristicy.

Dardania

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Yeah, and I messed about with one. The touch screen works quite well from what I've seen. I'm not talking about touch screens though, they are useful for when you don't have space for a mouse/touch pad. Touch sensitive buttons offer no advantage over normal buttons and have flaws that normal buttons don't. It seems the only reason they are used is because they are cool and futuristicy.

They're Cheaper, and no moving parts to get clogged with dust, break etc.

AlmightyCushion

Dardania wrote: »

They're Cheaper, and no moving parts to get clogged with dust, break etc.

Stop using logic to dismiss my rants!!!!

shenanigans1982

Dardania wrote: »

They're Cheaper, and no moving parts to get clogged with dust, break etc.

They also make it more difficult to get the volume level right, resulting in a generation of deaf people in this country....although the wheel wasn't ideal for adjusting the volume either.

Ruu_Old

Any kind of electronics plastic packaging. 'Easy to open clamshell plastic packaging' me arsh! ;_;

Firetrap

Oh yes. They also have the potential for a nasty injury since it's tough plastic to cut. If you don't cut your new toy, you could slash your hand (or worse..)

KTRIC

Ruu wrote: »

Any kind of electronics plastic packaging. 'Easy to open clamshell plastic packaging' me arsh! ;_;

Bet me to it

You can sleep safe in the knowledge that Sony are working on a solution to those plastic clamshell packets as we speak.

Should see them arriving on new products during the year.

Quazzie

Scissors wrapped in that hard plasticy stuff that ya need a scissors to open. Dumbasses!!!

TPD

Those glass-breaking hammers that are kept in a glass box for emergencies.

Quazzie

TPD wrote: »

Those glass-breaking hammers that are kept in a glass box for emergencies.

This isn't actually a design flaw. the glass protecting the hammer is designed to break with a small push to the center

AnonoBoy

My stomach and digestive system are badly designed. I fill my stomach full of creamy Guinness goodness every night just like it says in the instructions and the next morning it and my bowels are trying to stage a coup.

TPD

Q2002 wrote: »

This isn't actually a design flaw. the glass protecting the hammer is designed to break with a small push to the center

Well it seems silly to me to have a glass breaking hammer enclosed in glass. Why not just have it on a hook or something? could have the hook alarmed to stop people trying to take it for a larf.

ejmaztec

Q2002 wrote: »

This isn't actually a design flaw. the glass protecting the hammer is designed to break with a small push to the center

You'd probably not get to use the axe after severing an artery breaking the glass.

Gordon

+1million for the near-artery severing clamshell packaging.

Gone Drinking

Condoms that only break when you're riding a minger!

Xiney

Firetrap wrote: »

"Ha. I'll stick a totally unnecessary clear blue light into this mouse. It will blind the people who use it."

It's obviously for surfing porn.

AnonoBoy

Xiney wrote: »

It's obviously for surfing porn.

Oh they're going blind all by themselves, believe me!

What's the point in having to break a glass to get a hammer to break the glass to get an axe. Wouldn't it take less time to just break the glass for the axe?

Automatic taps who's sensors don't work half the time.

Wagon

When you buy a new game, and the cd case holds the disk so damn tightly that you have to practically bend it upwards to get it out :mad:

BaconZombie

Can't find the picture now but I've seen a specialised scissors for opening blister packs that was sold in a fecking blister pack.

Edit:

Blister Pack is the real name in the trade for the plastic clamshell packaging.

Quazzie

BOFH_139 wrote: »

Can't find the picture now but I've seen a specialised scissors for opening blister packs that was sold in a fecking blister pack.

Edit:

Blister Pack is the real name in the trade for the plastic clamshell packaging.

Why did you type EDIT: when it wasn't an edit and was a part of your original post????

Phototoxin

Wagon wrote: »

When you buy a new game, and the cd case holds the disk so damn tightly that you have to practically bend it upwards to get it out :mad:

+616

Cuddlesworth

Q2002 wrote: »

Why did you type EDIT: when it wasn't an edit and was a part of your original post????

A very quick edit of a post will not come up with a edit timeline tag at the bottom.

Edit; I think

Edit, I was right

keane2097

This is very similar to the pet hates thread imo...

Quazzie

You're right but I got an email with this "EDIT:" in my email and the emails only show the original post, no matter how quick you edit it!

Sam Vimes

the fact that if my legs are separated and something moves quickly upward between them such as someone's foot or a cross bar, no matter how inaccurate the moving object is, my legs will push it directly towards my nuts. you'd think they'd be somewhere protected rather than having two legs guiding things towards making you infertile

MondaysSuck

KTRIC wrote: »

Bet me to it

You can sleep safe in the knowledge that Sony are working on a solution to those plastic clamshell packets as we speak.

Should see them arriving on new products during the year.

They already hafe a solution, it's called the cardboard box.

MarkR

Sam Vimes wrote: »

the fact that if my legs are separated and something moves quickly upward between them such as someone's foot or a cross bar, no matter how inaccurate the moving object is, my legs will push it directly towards my nuts. you'd think they'd be somewhere protected rather than having two legs guiding things towards making you infertile

So you're saying we need leg hilts? Hmmm...

yoyo

Those plastic rings on some 6 packs of beer, when they work they work good, when they dont, can + floor can equal disaster, also on the topic of crappy packaging, the cardboard 6 pack packages, always seem to come appart forsters & bavaria have the right idea with plastic shrink wrapping over the pack :pac: .

Nick