Earlier quoted context omitted.
> whats wrong with usb-a? Which way up it should go.
The other way
No, the other other way.
James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
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Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#72Anybody else get confused by whether the arrow represents where the car should be or the pump?
I do. It is not obvious in any case
Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#73Anybody else get confused by whether the arrow represents where the car should be or the pump?
Isnt it that nowadays usually on the side of the driving seat? Or does this apply only to EU vehicles? Im not a regular car user, if at all Im renting - but the last 10 times(?) it was always just on the side of the driving seat
Im not aware of such a convention, I'm in the EU and most cars I've owned or driven has it on the opposite side of the driving seat.
Might just be a coincidence
Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#742020s UX "experts" would bury the entire instrument cluster under a hamburger menu if they could get away with it. The fuel gauge would be moved three menus deep and thus impossible to find, then removed in subsequent model years when their telemetry data "proved" no one used it anymore.
In the end, these engineers' job is make profit for the company. If the customer allows for all this crap, and still buys cars/fridges/tvs with such horrible UX, then it's the way forward.
Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#75Anybody else get confused by whether the arrow represents where the car should be or the pump?
Isnt it that nowadays usually on the side of the driving seat? Or does this apply only to EU vehicles? Im not a regular car user, if at all Im renting - but the last 10 times(?) it was always just on the side of the driving seat
Isnt it that nowadays usually on the side of the driving seat? Or does this apply only to EU vehicles?
That would mean designing two separate entire fuel tank placements, fuel lines, etc for cars that are available both in left- and right-hand drive variants, with different SKUs for each of the parts needed. There is no way a car manufacturer would do that.
Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#76I'm from the UK and had honestly not heard of the arrow.
I've checked my Toyota Yaris, and it's there!
Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#77Is the side to fill up evenly balanced between cars in average? I imagine there is value to make it close to 50/50 to simplify the logistics at the gas station. I was thinking car manufacturers perhaps had agreed so that some brands do it one way and some do it another
Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Isnt it that nowadays usually on the side of the driving seat? Or does this apply only to EU vehicles? Im not a regular car user, if at all Im renting - but the last 10 times(?) it was always just on the side of the driving seat
Im not aware of such a convention, I'm in the EU and most cars I've owned or driven has it on the opposite side of the driving seat. Might just be a coincidence
It’s a coincidence because the UK uses the same cars and ours are mostly on the same side (because we’re right hand drive where you’re left hand drive).
Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#79You can do a while lifetimes work, and yet sometimes it's a tiny action like this which can have the biggest benefit to mankind. Just think how many billions of times someone has avoided pulling up to the wrong side of the pump because of this arrow - literal lifetimes of effort saved.
The person (committee?) who came up with USB A needs sanctions. And Apple Needs more, for putting power buttons and key ports at that back.
Which rear facing "key port" on a Mac are you suggesting should be on the front?
Re: James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies
#80That's funny, I know someone that's fairly famous in the product development world that claimed to be the inventor of the gas pump arrow. Weird thing to lie about.