Let's talk about it.


Example #1:

the volume wheel on the front of my laptop. Any time my laptop rubs up against anything the volume of my music changes. ANNOYING.

8/24/2008 10:18:29 PM

kiljadn is gay!

8/24/2008 10:19:15 PM

The gas tank on my bike has a large partition on the bottom where a bar on the frame cuts through. The gas only exits on one side of the partition, though, so I can have a half of a gallon or so in the (wrong side of the) tank and run out.

8/24/2008 10:22:00 PM

tww

8/24/2008 10:23:01 PM

the light switches in my brother's apartment are behind the doors

8/24/2008 10:23:24 PM

cupholder on (at least, maybe more models) a 2000 mercury cougar

when i had it, i could not make sharp right turns with a top-heavy drink cup, i almost got in a wreck from a bojangles tea + a curvy road

8/24/2008 10:23:33 PM

The button for my CD drive on the laptop is in the exact place most people grasp the laptop to move it

8/24/2008 10:24:17 PM

http://www.brentroad.com/message_search.aspx?

8/24/2008 10:24:18 PM

in the bathrooms where i used to work the motion sensor was too high up and the pressure was too high, which meant you always got water on the counter. also, the sinks were waaay back from the edge which combined with the motion sensor meant you had wet pants every time unless you wiped down the counter

also, the motion sensors on the comodes were way too sensitive. wet asses are not fun. everyone would put mini post-its over the sensors but the cleaning staff would take them off every night.

8/24/2008 10:34:13 PM

light switches that control power to the whole room

8/24/2008 10:38:02 PM

http://www.baddesigns.com/

8/24/2008 10:39:49 PM

the RWCU panels at Brunswick

8/24/2008 10:40:30 PM

Volume control on my laptop is a touchpad with no noticeable feel to it. Impossible to use when in the dark and hard to use in a room with full light.

8/24/2008 10:40:31 PM

EMCE knows what i'm talkin about

[Edited on August 24, 2008 at 11:01 PM. Reason : HF ftw]

8/24/2008 10:40:45 PM

FYI, this is what I do for a living

except....with helicopters, jets, etc...

8/24/2008 10:44:10 PM

my laptop CD tray is very easy to hit the release on when you're just trying to pick up or hold the laptop

8/24/2008 10:45:46 PM

Japanese kitchens are bad design 101. I fucking hate them

Here's a pretty good example of one:



That area in the far left you put a gas stove in. But then shit ends up falling in the cracks between the stove and the counter.

They're always that stainless steel crap which always looks dirty no matter how much you wipe it down.

There is only ONE drawer. ONE.

The top cabinets are only useful if you're a basketball player. Even on my tiptoes I can't reach the bottom shelf on the top cabinets.

You have just enough counter top space to fit one cutting board. If you want to cut stuff up AND mix it in a bowl AND have your ingredients out at the same time you're screwed. And you can forget about having a place to set a drying rack for your dishes.

And for some reason, the bottom cabinets never have shelves. If you want that you have to buy these crappy plastic things to put in and act like shelves.

HATE HATE HATE

8/24/2008 10:52:24 PM

move

8/24/2008 10:53:23 PM

We did and the new kitchen is the exact same way

Every apartment I've ever been in in this country has the exact same kitchen setup. It's kind of weird.

8/24/2008 10:54:23 PM

Have you ever thought to ask your neighbors to see how they use their kitchens? It's probably optimized for the japanese style of cooking and storage, and not the american one. not saying it's a poor design, just saying that it's probably a culturally biased one.



here's another one:

My iPhone lacks a hardkey that can be used for capturing photos.

8/24/2008 11:04:35 PM

the response time on my DVR is too slow when using the remote control

so you don't know if the button you pressed registered or not

8/24/2008 11:06:21 PM

^^ Yeah, I have done that and they hate their kitchens too lol. House kitchens here are usually a lot more ergonomic.

8/24/2008 11:10:26 PM

I'll come and do an analysis of your kitchen if you want

but I charge about $50 an hour

8/24/2008 11:11:27 PM

I just got back from the beach and the chairs I have have a handle on them. Only, when you carry them by the handle, they open, which makes you look like a fucking douche while carrying an open beach chair.

9/2/2008 1:38:45 AM

jadn, I'd like to rub up against your laptop.

9/2/2008 2:57:35 AM

OH SNAP

9/2/2008 3:15:07 AM

Irrigation sprinklers for a strip of grass 3' wide. Why not use a soaker hose or trickle system?

Watering parking lots, ftl

[Edited on September 2, 2008 at 6:13 AM. Reason : dammit I can't type this early]

9/2/2008 6:12:52 AM

The top plate on the red Foreman grill. (the one with interchangeable plates)

Stupid-ass shape of the grooves makes it impossible to clean.


This one...

[Edited on September 2, 2008 at 6:49 AM. Reason : step off my grill, dog]

9/2/2008 6:47:57 AM

Quote :

"the response time on my DVR is too slow when using the remote control so you don't know if the button you pressed registered or not "

yeah we had this same issue when we switched to the newer software...i think we made ours reboot like 3-4 times before we learned how NOT to fuck it up.

9/2/2008 6:52:17 AM

foo1' poor design list:

Heavy duty-plastic staplers


feels like you're going to break it every time you try to use it..

I have a smaller older metal one that works better, jams less and doesn't feel like its going to break.



Plastic hard hats with plastic adjustment thing

there has got to be a better way.

9/2/2008 7:55:30 AM

Quote :

"jadn, I'd like to rub up against your laptop. "

9/2/2008 7:56:43 AM

Quote :

"Plastic hard hats with plastic adjustment thing there has got to be a better way."

lol we paint those..

9/2/2008 8:04:21 AM

now thats a hard had

but.... $78

9/2/2008 8:08:59 AM

Quote :

"FYI, this is what I do for a living except....with helicopters, jets, etc..."

That's what my dad used to do...only with C-130's. Then he quit and started working in textiles...

9/2/2008 8:37:51 AM

my dad used to load guns on aC-130s

9/2/2008 9:02:13 AM

my dad used to defend people in court who were shot by c-130's

9/2/2008 9:06:38 AM

You forgot the A... regular c-130s don't have guns...




c-130
http://op-for.com/C130.jpg

Ac-130
http://www.americanspecialops.com/images/usaf/ac-130-gunship.jpg

note: they paint the barrels orange so people think they're cap guns

9/2/2008 9:09:42 AM

ha ha ha ha

cap guns on a warplane

9/2/2008 9:11:40 AM

I would totally rock that urban sombrero

9/2/2008 9:21:12 AM

9/2/2008 9:39:53 AM

^their whole product line is applicable

9/2/2008 11:25:33 AM

9/2/2008 11:30:43 AM

just go ahead and put every staple American car company in here if you're going to be a retard and not label why. Ford, chevy, and dodge are years behind the rest in ergonomics.

[Edited on September 2, 2008 at 11:32 AM. Reason : .]

9/2/2008 11:32:22 AM

well i thought it was pretty obvious why ford's designs suck.

every other american auto makers' designs suck too. if i had to pick one i'd go with chevy, but that might just be b/c my dad and brother have always had them.

ford's ergonomics are the worst ever. i've never ridden in a dodge thankfully. they look like shit though.

9/2/2008 11:38:40 AM

9/2/2008 11:39:11 AM

^haha, agreed

9/2/2008 11:39:51 AM

see thats the thing... you're a chevy fan for the same reason so many people are christians... its just the way you were raised, its what you are used to.

Chevy is the worst and the best of the americans.... cause the new caddies have ballin interiors but a typical run of the mill chevy with its glued together plastic interior and delco stereo is worse than most fords... even the fuckus is better than a malibu imho

9/2/2008 11:41:44 AM

Fords suck because of their mechanical shortcomings, not their interior stylings.

9/2/2008 11:43:35 AM

EUPHALO

9/2/2008 11:43:51 AM

i'm not a fan of chevy. i would never buy a chevy or any other american vehicle. i was just saying if i had to pick that's what i'd pick and the reason why.

you have trouble comprehending.

oh and i'm not a christian.

9/2/2008 11:48:34 AM