Product Changes that are Not Improvements
May 10, 2020 11:00:46 #
Apart from the practical screw ups many new models
add to what was once a good functioning product;
aesthetic design has goes further down the gurgler
as time progresses.
Here's how the Impala look regressed.
(all pictures lifted off the net)
add to what was once a good functioning product;
aesthetic design has goes further down the gurgler
as time progresses.
Here's how the Impala look regressed.
(all pictures lifted off the net)
1968 Beautiful and flowing with gorgeous proportions.
1972 A blob
2019 Disjointed unstyling... instyled??? and total lack of originality.
May 10, 2020 11:05:58 #
May 10, 2020 11:11:46 #
Bridges wrote:
Three that come to mind: It used to be easy to te... (show quote)
I've had the same Logitec keyboard since 1998. It has been through about 5 different desktops and will be mourned when it finally kicks the bucket. The keys are perfectly spaced, have just the right touch and it has an attached piece to alleviate carpal tunnel syndrome. I learned to type in 1958 on an IBM electric and this keyboard has the same feel to it. The newer ones and the ones on laptops are just not that user-friendly for someone who is more comfortable with what came loooong before technology as we know it today. Every so often I vacuum the keys and clean them with Q-tips dipped in Windex. I found a similar one a few years ago and bought it for $16, figuring that it would replace this one at some point, however my nephew was complaining because his keys were configured too close for the size of his fingers, so I gave him my newer keyboard and he is very happy that it works out just fine for him.
May 10, 2020 11:20:14 #
bamfordr
Loc: Campbell CA
jerryc41 wrote:
I often wonder why there is a change in a product ... (show quote)
From the other side, my favorite “improvement” has always been one I saw in a full page ad for an updated printed circuit board. It called out all the improvements: new this, more of that, better whatever. And among these items was one identified as “shielding added for FCC compliance”.
May 10, 2020 11:23:51 #
2Dragons wrote:
I've had the same Logitec keyboard since 1998. It... (show quote)
The keyboard I said that finally worked for me is a logitech K345 CE. It has raised keys like a typewriter, a light to indicate when CAPS are used and pictures on the F keys to indicate the function of each one. It also has a separation between the number keys and the F keys so you won't accidentally hit one. It is the best keyboard I've had in at least the last five years, maybe ever! Check it out when you need a replacement. It is wireless and comes with a companion mouse -- both for less than 50.00.
May 10, 2020 11:32:58 #
Bridges wrote:
The keyboard I said that finally worked for me is ... (show quote)
Thanks for the heads-up. I checked it out on Amazon and it looks like it is set up, size-wise, like the one I have and feel so comfortable with using.
May 10, 2020 11:57:23 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I often wonder why there is a change in a product ... (show quote)
Jerry, I love you man, but you really need something to do!
May 10, 2020 14:01:53 #
DAN Phillips wrote:
The most annoying so called improvement to an automobile is the tire sensor system. If you cannot tell when a tire is low or flat, you need glasses and looking lessons.
How about the warning systems and auto-braking systems they're putting in cars now? It raises the cost of the vehicle and the cost of your insurance - just because the "kids" don't know how to pay attention when they drive or they're too busy texting...
May 10, 2020 14:06:03 #
Shellback wrote:
Too many to list - the automobile and the RV industry is full of them... It seems that the design work is done by desk sitting engineers that do not have a clue what the real world environment is - they just put stuff together that appeals to the younger generation and fits within the budgets mandated by the bean counters...
One is my gripes about cameras.
Why do I need to buy a camera and pay for it to take movies also, when all I want to shoot is pictures,
and I probably have to shell out the money for the combination?
If I wanted to take movies I'd buy a movie camera.
May 10, 2020 14:08:22 #
JeffL wrote:
If you have ever used the seat/shoulder belt in a late model Cessna Skyhawk, you would know it was designed by an engineer who never had to use it in the field. If you stop when pulling it across your body, it won't move and you have to start over. It is almost impossible to put the buckle in the connector with the door closed. The "old" one was a lap belt which the shoulder harness hooked into. Easy to use and just as effective. You're right progress is not always improvement.
My 1969 Chevelle Sport had the same system and it was great. I could adjust the lap and shoulder belts separately to get comfortable on long drives and it greatly cut down on fatigue. Then they came out with these "L" continuous belt abortions which I just hate. I knew one guy who salvaged a real racing harness system out of a wrecked race car and had it retrofitted to the driver's seat in his car, he drove a lot for his work. He had all kinds of hassles and grief from the auto safety people in the DMV when he went in for his license renewal test. Even though what he had was orders of magnitude better than the factory belts. If I remember right he finally had to have the car certified as a street legal road racing car and take part in at least one sanctioned race a year to prove it. He never tried to do anything but finish the race, even if he was dead last.
May 10, 2020 14:09:58 #
charles tabb wrote:
One is my gripes about cameras.
Why do I need to buy a camera and pay for it to take movies also, when all I want to shoot is pictures,
and I probably have to shell out the money for the combination?
If I wanted to take movies I'd buy a movie camera.
Why do I need to buy a camera and pay for it to take movies also, when all I want to shoot is pictures,
and I probably have to shell out the money for the combination?
If I wanted to take movies I'd buy a movie camera.
No extra hardware, just a little extra software.
Not like there are two cameras in there.
Click get an image store it in a file - you have a picture.
Get an image, store it in a file, get another image, store it in the file right behind the previous, repeat.....
Do that 24 or 36 times a second and you have a movie.
Then there would be people complaining that with just a little extra software they could have made it record movies......
May 10, 2020 14:21:53 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
Improvement? How about nitrogen in tires with green needle valve. Where do I find nitrogen to add air
May 10, 2020 14:24:15 #
Aaaaaaah! You're all old malcontents!
Change in society and innovation of thinking used to take centuries, then decades, then years, then months...now only days!
Your puny brains just can't handle the rate of change!
Change in society and innovation of thinking used to take centuries, then decades, then years, then months...now only days!
Your puny brains just can't handle the rate of change!
May 10, 2020 14:29:48 #
Sidwalkastronomy wrote:
Improvement? How about nitrogen in tires with green needle valve. Where do I find nitrogen to add air
At the dealer (maybe). Btw, it’s used because of the tire pressure sensors. Regular compressed air typically has moisture, which over time can kill the sensor in each tire, making the tire pressure sensing system inoperative (if you don’t know how or won’t check your tires with a gauge periodically) and setting the tire pressure warning light. The compressed nitrogen used to fill the tires (when new) is dry. My guess is that unless you buy your tires from a dealer, most tire stores use plain old compressed air, as you probably will also if you top off your own tires.
May 10, 2020 14:48:08 #
charles tabb wrote:
One is my gripes about cameras.
Why do I need to buy a camera and pay for it to take movies also, when all I want to shoot is pictures,
and I probably have to shell out the money for the combination?
If I wanted to take movies I'd buy a movie camera.
Why do I need to buy a camera and pay for it to take movies also, when all I want to shoot is pictures,
and I probably have to shell out the money for the combination?
If I wanted to take movies I'd buy a movie camera.
This has been discussed many times. Adding video to a digital camera is only a matter of software. It adds very little to the cost of the camera, and since some buyers do want it, most of the camera manufacturers go ahead and add it. If you want a camera with no video, you could get a Nikon DF, but you will pay more for the privilege.
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