The data transfer table is not quite correct; before these new "USB x Gbps" branding the recommended branding was "SuperSpeed USB", "SuperSpeed USB 10 Gbps" etc
Usbc.wtf – an article and quiz to find the right USB-C cable
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#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thunderbolt 1 & 2 used the Mini-DisplayPort connector. Thunderbolt 3 & 4 use the USB C connector. Thunderbolt is like external PCIE, you can connect a lot more than monitors with things like external GPUs being possible. You can use Thunderbolt 1&2 ports just as Mini-DisplayPorts too just like TB3&4 ports can be used just like USB C ports but they do more.
Sure. That's why I wrote "mostly".
thunderbolt swamped minidp in interest basically as soon as it launched: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%...
i saw more people using og thunderbolt for hard drives, capture cards, and audio interfaces than for displays. getting out of the split firewire ecosystem was a big deal
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#93Could it also recommend a corresponding wall plug that would allow for fast charging USB C to C?
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#94Does anyone know why USB-C doesn't have a form factor similar or equal to Lightning (which I think is substantially better)? Would it be technically possible?
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#95Does anyone know why USB-C doesn't have a form factor similar or equal to Lightning (which I think is substantially better)? Would it be technically possible?
My understanding is that In any connector there are contacts and pins, the pins move a little each time the connector is engaged and disengaged making the pins eventually fail (or they could become damaged). In lightning connections the pins are on the phone, contacts on the cable, making the phone a potential failure point. In usb c the pins are in the cable, the contacts are in the phone, making the most vulnerable part of the connection in the easily replaceable cable (not the expensive to repair phone)…
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#96Does anyone know why USB-C doesn't have a form factor similar or equal to Lightning (which I think is substantially better)? Would it be technically possible?
My understanding is that In any connector there are contacts and pins, the pins move a little each time the connector is engaged and disengaged making the pins eventually fail (or they could become damaged). In lightning connections the pins are on the phone, contacts on the cable, making the phone a potential failure point. In usb c the pins are in the cable, the contacts are in the phone, making the most vulnerable…
Why would apple choose to do that, surely that just increases their repairs costs bill? Is the cynical answer that it will fail well past warrenty in most cases, so prompting the consumer to upgrade because their phone has worn out?
There must be a more charitable explaination.
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#97Have to point a couple things out I found. The USB versioning table needs some corrections: - USB 3.1 Gen 2 is the same as USB 3.2 Gen 2 and is only found at 10Gbps. - The 40Gbps entry is wrong, the real spec name is USB4 Gen 3x2. But it was never really advertised as such so I'd leave that out. - 20Gbps is either USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 or USB4 Gen3x1, but I'd caution against adding this as the latter is quite rare to see (…
> 20Gbps is either USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 or USB4 Gen3x1, but I'd caution against adding this as the latter is quite rare to see (plus the above reason). Did you confuse the latter with the former perhaps? I have never seen USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 in the wild. I have just bought a 20 Gbps USB4 cable, connected my laptop with my Android phone using it and it works lightning fast (as compared to USB 3.2 gen 1).
Poe's law. It's very difficult to tell if you guys are serious or just meme-ing about the absurdity of USB versioning.
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#98I just keep things simple.
These are universal cables.
- USB A and USB C on one end
- USB C, Micro USB, and Lightning on the other end
- 10 Gbps transfer
- video over USB C for my portable second display.
- 100W power.
I travel a lot and I got tired of trying to pick out the right cable for the right circumstance.
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#99The quiz is simple and to the point, with no cruft, so the overall experience is pretty good. But I have a (slightly tangential) UX/design question: if now you are compelled to remove the Next button from the question pages, how would you achieve it, without reduction of functionality? For example, on the first question, which is a single-choice question, if you make it submit on-click, then the user would lose the a…
Why get rid of the next button? Stop that. Has any actual user ever asked to get rid of the next button?
We recently removed the next button from some of our customer flows because we had a lot of users repeatedly clicking on the option they selected instead of clicking the giant next button right below the options that even had animations after you selected an option.
We just gave them a back button if they make a mistake, which they rarely do.
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#100So the table lists "USB 40Gbps" as supporting an 8k display at 60hz, then "Thunderbolt 3" is listed as supporting that transfer speed, but not an 8k display at 60 hz? Which is it?