I hate machinery and technology. The nerds who create electronic gadgets from TV's and videos through to computers and their attachments need to step back and ask themselves "will my grandmother be able to connect this thing up to make it go?"
Today I had trouble with the 'all-in-one' fax/scan/printers we have. I say this in plural because we have 3 of the suckers and not a single one works properly. We tend to scan off one, print off another and, if we faxed anything would no doubt have to use the third. They are all crap. Admittedly it is cheap crap which is why we have three of them . It is cheaper nowadays to buy a new one than get the faulty one repaired. This is a sad indictment on modern life and the shameful waste of resources.
Why can't these things be idiot-proof? How difficult would it be to have one connection clearly marked 'scan' to go from the computer to the 'all-in one ' device and another marked 'print".
I have the same difficulty with video and DVD players connecting to the TV. God knows what will happen when I have to hook up Freeview.
THE CURMUDGEON
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1 comment:
"Why can't these things be idiot-proof? How difficult would it be to have one connection clearly marked 'scan' to go from the computer to the 'all-in one ' device and another marked 'print"
They do.
It's called a USB, not to be confused with a TSB.
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