#baddesign — Public Fediverse posts
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Our five year old "commercial technology" washing machine stopped working today. Thanks to DYI repair videos, I was able to run a diagnostic to see the error code and identify the clutch slider as the culprit (of course the manufacturer's website was of no use here).
I could have ordered a replacement part online for about 50 $CAD but the part design is so bad that I preferred repairing the broken part instead.
The steel ring around the slider is held with only six small plastic "pegs" about 3mm in diameter. Those pegs broke off from the repeated actuation of the clutch during normal operation (electromagnet exerting an axial force on the steel ring). I drilled small holes in the plastic slider in which I self-tapped 3x4mm set screws (aka grub screws). I slid the steel ring back on and backed out the screws so they would engage in the ring.
#DYIRepair #DYI #appliance #FixIt #BadDesign #RightToRepair #DesignedToFail
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Our five year old "commercial technology" washing machine stopped working today. Thanks to DYI repair videos, I was able to run a diagnostic to see the error code and identify the clutch slider as the culprit (of course the manufacturer's website was of no use here).
I could have ordered a replacement part online for about 50 $CAD but the part design is so bad that I preferred repairing the broken part instead.
The steel ring around the slider is held with only six small plastic "pegs" about 3mm in diameter. Those pegs broke off from the repeated actuation of the clutch during normal operation (electromagnet exerting an axial force on the steel ring). I drilled small holes in the plastic slider in which I self-tapped 3x4mm set screws (aka grub screws). I slid the steel ring back on and backed out the screws so they would engage in the ring.
#DYIRepair #DYI #appliance #FixIt #BadDesign #RightToRepair #DesignedToFail
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Our five year old "commercial technology" washing machine stopped working today. Thanks to DYI repair videos, I was able to run a diagnostic to see the error code and identify the clutch slider as the culprit (of course the manufacturer's website was of no use here).
I could have ordered a replacement part online for about 50 $CAD but the part design is so bad that I preferred repairing the broken part instead.
The steel ring around the slider is held with only six small plastic "pegs" about 3mm in diameter. Those pegs broke off from the repeated actuation of the clutch during normal operation (electromagnet exerting an axial force on the steel ring). I drilled small holes in the plastic slider in which I self-tapped 3x4mm set screws (aka grub screws). I slid the steel ring back on and backed out the screws so they would engage in the ring.
#DYIRepair #DYI #appliance #FixIt #BadDesign #RightToRepair #DesignedToFail
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Our five year old "commercial technology" washing machine stopped working today. Thanks to DYI repair videos, I was able to run a diagnostic to see the error code and identify the clutch slider as the culprit (of course the manufacturer's website was of no use here).
I could have ordered a replacement part online for about 50 $CAD but the part design is so bad that I preferred repairing the broken part instead.
The steel ring around the slider is held with only six small plastic "pegs" about 3mm in diameter. Those pegs broke off from the repeated actuation of the clutch during normal operation (electromagnet exerting an axial force on the steel ring). I drilled small holes in the plastic slider in which I self-tapped 3x4mm set screws (aka grub screws). I slid the steel ring back on and backed out the screws so they would engage in the ring.
#DYIRepair #DYI #appliance #FixIt #BadDesign #RightToRepair #DesignedToFail
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Our five year old "commercial technology" washing machine stopped working today. Thanks to DYI repair videos, I was able to run a diagnostic to see the error code and identify the clutch slider as the culprit (of course the manufacturer's website was of no use here).
I could have ordered a replacement part online for about 50 $CAD but the part design is so bad that I preferred repairing the broken part instead.
The steel ring around the slider is held with only six small plastic "pegs" about 3mm in diameter. Those pegs broke off from the repeated actuation of the clutch during normal operation (electromagnet exerting an axial force on the steel ring). I drilled small holes in the plastic slider in which I self-tapped 3x4mm set screws (aka grub screws). I slid the steel ring back on and backed out the screws so they would engage in the ring.
#DYIRepair #DYI #appliance #FixIt #BadDesign #RightToRepair #DesignedToFail
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WTF is wrong with people. I get wanting a style but when style gets in the way of functionality we have an issue. Would have loved to read more ozzy stories but the crappy website design made that impossible. Well impossible is strong, I refuse to work around it . #ozzy #music #baddesign
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I love getting actually angry at poor software design. Why are settings NOT under settings, why the hell are you putting a changeable SETTING in your guides?
It feels like Insta360 has gone out of their way to make their software harder and more annoying to use by reinventing stuff that doesn't need reinventing.
#insta360 #baddesign -
I love getting actually angry at poor software design. Why are settings NOT under settings, why the hell are you putting a changeable SETTING in your guides?
It feels like Insta360 has gone out of their way to make their software harder and more annoying to use by reinventing stuff that doesn't need reinventing.
#insta360 #baddesign -
I love getting actually angry at poor software design. Why are settings NOT under settings, why the hell are you putting a changeable SETTING in your guides?
It feels like Insta360 has gone out of their way to make their software harder and more annoying to use by reinventing stuff that doesn't need reinventing.
#insta360 #baddesign -
I love getting actually angry at poor software design. Why are settings NOT under settings, why the hell are you putting a changeable SETTING in your guides?
It feels like Insta360 has gone out of their way to make their software harder and more annoying to use by reinventing stuff that doesn't need reinventing.
#insta360 #baddesign -
Wait... so is it a spelling mistake or not?
Correct as in "yes, correct, it IS a spelling mistake" or "No, the word is spelled correctly." in which case why did you flag it? And why can I only ignore it? or if it is wrong, then are you offering to Correct it for me? Then why don't I have an option to correct it?
Also, DON'T YOU KNOW? Isn't this what I'm paying you for?Narrator: it was spelled incorrectly. Should be: `Bureaucracy`
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Today's entry in the "Poorly Thought Out Label" list.
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Today's entry in the "Poorly Thought Out Label" list.
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Today's entry in the "Poorly Thought Out Label" list.
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Today's entry in the "Poorly Thought Out Label" list.
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Today's entry in the "Poorly Thought Out Label" list.
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Here, I encounter another damn bad and wrong website that dropped their password entirely for user login -- it's now only entering a phone # or your email address and having them send you a code -- AS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASSWORD IN THEIR SYSTEM.
This process is far, far more annoying than just using passwords like normal websites.
Why in hell is this trend being shoved down our throats? It's terrible UX, and just stupid.
#websites #web #webdev #webdevelopment #UXUI #userexperience #idiots #fail #baddesign #internet #tech #webapps
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Here, I encounter another damn bad and wrong website that dropped their password entirely for user login -- it's now only entering a phone # or your email address and having them send you a code -- AS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASSWORD IN THEIR SYSTEM.
This process is far, far more annoying than just using passwords like normal websites.
Why in hell is this trend being shoved down our throats? It's terrible UX, and just stupid.
#websites #web #webdev #webdevelopment #UXUI #userexperience #idiots #fail #baddesign #internet #tech #webapps
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Here, I encounter another damn bad and wrong website that dropped their password entirely for user login -- it's now only entering a phone # or your email address and having them send you a code -- AS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASSWORD IN THEIR SYSTEM.
This process is far, far more annoying than just using passwords like normal websites.
Why in hell is this trend being shoved down our throats? It's terrible UX, and just stupid.
#websites #web #webdev #webdevelopment #UXUI #userexperience #idiots #fail #baddesign #internet #tech #webapps
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Here, I encounter another damn bad and wrong website that dropped their password entirely for user login -- it's now only entering a phone # or your email address and having them send you a code -- AS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASSWORD IN THEIR SYSTEM.
This process is far, far more annoying than just using passwords like normal websites.
Why in hell is this trend being shoved down our throats? It's terrible UX, and just stupid.
#websites #web #webdev #webdevelopment #UXUI #userexperience #idiots #fail #baddesign #internet #tech #webapps
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Here, I encounter another damn bad and wrong website that dropped their password entirely for user login -- it's now only entering a phone # or your email address and having them send you a code -- AS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PASSWORD IN THEIR SYSTEM.
This process is far, far more annoying than just using passwords like normal websites.
Why in hell is this trend being shoved down our throats? It's terrible UX, and just stupid.
#websites #web #webdev #webdevelopment #UXUI #userexperience #idiots #fail #baddesign #internet #tech #webapps
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Just finished disassembling a late-Intel-era Macbook Pro to remove the spicy pillows from it, and I gotta say, I am not impressed with Apple's hardware engineering on it.
I'm not talking about them gluing the cells of the battery to the case - that's been discussed to death, and was unnecessary. I'm talking about some other rather bad choices made during design.
Specifically: fasteners. In general, you want the fewest different types of threaded fasteners possible in your design. Fewer parts to keep in stock, fewer possible mistakes when assembling and disassembling units, etc. And Apple utterly failed this design rule.
It's like each separate part in this machine is held in with 3 different fasteners. Sometimes that's unavoidable in a design; you're using machine screw #1 for most things, but there's one that has to go into this particular place where it can't be as deep/long or there isn't room for the same head or something. But in this case, most of the fasteners are different for no very good reason. There's room for them to have used a common screw for many of the cases where they just ... didn't.
Paying the Apple tax for this kind of janky design (and user-hostile repairability) is just insulting.
"Designed badly in California, manufactured in China".
#Apple #AppleTax #Macbook #MacbookPro #glue #SpicyPillow #design #BadDesign #hardware #janky #UserHostile #CaptiveMarket #AppleMac
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Just finished disassembling a late-Intel-era Macbook Pro to remove the spicy pillows from it, and I gotta say, I am not impressed with Apple's hardware engineering on it.
I'm not talking about them gluing the cells of the battery to the case - that's been discussed to death, and was unnecessary. I'm talking about some other rather bad choices made during design.
Specifically: fasteners. In general, you want the fewest different types of threaded fasteners possible in your design. Fewer parts to keep in stock, fewer possible mistakes when assembling and disassembling units, etc. And Apple utterly failed this design rule.
It's like each separate part in this machine is held in with 3 different fasteners. Sometimes that's unavoidable in a design; you're using machine screw #1 for most things, but there's one that has to go into this particular place where it can't be as deep/long or there isn't room for the same head or something. But in this case, most of the fasteners are different for no very good reason. There's room for them to have used a common screw for many of the cases where they just ... didn't.
Paying the Apple tax for this kind of janky design (and user-hostile repairability) is just insulting.
"Designed badly in California, manufactured in China".
#Apple #AppleTax #Macbook #MacbookPro #glue #SpicyPillow #design #BadDesign #hardware #janky #UserHostile #CaptiveMarket #AppleMac
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Just finished disassembling a late-Intel-era Macbook Pro to remove the spicy pillows from it, and I gotta say, I am not impressed with Apple's hardware engineering on it.
I'm not talking about them gluing the cells of the battery to the case - that's been discussed to death, and was unnecessary. I'm talking about some other rather bad choices made during design.
Specifically: fasteners. In general, you want the fewest different types of threaded fasteners possible in your design. Fewer parts to keep in stock, fewer possible mistakes when assembling and disassembling units, etc. And Apple utterly failed this design rule.
It's like each separate part in this machine is held in with 3 different fasteners. Sometimes that's unavoidable in a design; you're using machine screw #1 for most things, but there's one that has to go into this particular place where it can't be as deep/long or there isn't room for the same head or something. But in this case, most of the fasteners are different for no very good reason. There's room for them to have used a common screw for many of the cases where they just ... didn't.
Paying the Apple tax for this kind of janky design (and user-hostile repairability) is just insulting.
"Designed badly in California, manufactured in China".
#Apple #AppleTax #Macbook #MacbookPro #glue #SpicyPillow #design #BadDesign #hardware #janky #UserHostile #CaptiveMarket #AppleMac
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Just finished disassembling a late-Intel-era Macbook Pro to remove the spicy pillows from it, and I gotta say, I am not impressed with Apple's hardware engineering on it.
I'm not talking about them gluing the cells of the battery to the case - that's been discussed to death, and was unnecessary. I'm talking about some other rather bad choices made during design.
Specifically: fasteners. In general, you want the fewest different types of threaded fasteners possible in your design. Fewer parts to keep in stock, fewer possible mistakes when assembling and disassembling units, etc. And Apple utterly failed this design rule.
It's like each separate part in this machine is held in with 3 different fasteners. Sometimes that's unavoidable in a design; you're using machine screw #1 for most things, but there's one that has to go into this particular place where it can't be as deep/long or there isn't room for the same head or something. But in this case, most of the fasteners are different for no very good reason. There's room for them to have used a common screw for many of the cases where they just ... didn't.
Paying the Apple tax for this kind of janky design (and user-hostile repairability) is just insulting.
"Designed badly in California, manufactured in China".
#Apple #AppleTax #Macbook #MacbookPro #glue #SpicyPillow #design #BadDesign #hardware #janky #UserHostile #CaptiveMarket #AppleMac
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Just finished disassembling a late-Intel-era Macbook Pro to remove the spicy pillows from it, and I gotta say, I am not impressed with Apple's hardware engineering on it.
I'm not talking about them gluing the cells of the battery to the case - that's been discussed to death, and was unnecessary. I'm talking about some other rather bad choices made during design.
Specifically: fasteners. In general, you want the fewest different types of threaded fasteners possible in your design. Fewer parts to keep in stock, fewer possible mistakes when assembling and disassembling units, etc. And Apple utterly failed this design rule.
It's like each separate part in this machine is held in with 3 different fasteners. Sometimes that's unavoidable in a design; you're using machine screw #1 for most things, but there's one that has to go into this particular place where it can't be as deep/long or there isn't room for the same head or something. But in this case, most of the fasteners are different for no very good reason. There's room for them to have used a common screw for many of the cases where they just ... didn't.
Paying the Apple tax for this kind of janky design (and user-hostile repairability) is just insulting.
"Designed badly in California, manufactured in China".
#Apple #AppleTax #Macbook #MacbookPro #glue #SpicyPillow #design #BadDesign #hardware #janky #UserHostile #CaptiveMarket #AppleMac
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SHK+E Essen vom 17. bis 20. März 2026
Alex Muchn…
#Essen #Deutschland #Deutsch #DE #Schlagzeilen #Headlines #Nachrichten #News #Europe #Europa #EU #"messeessen"] #Baddesign #Badgestaltung #Badsanierung #Elektrotechnik #Gebäudemodernisierung #Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz #Germany #Heizungsaustausch #Heizungstausch #Heizungstechnik #Heizungswende #Installationstechnik #Messen #Nordrhein-Westfalen #Panorama #Sanitärtechnik #SHK+EEssen #TGA-Software #Wärmewende
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Husband found this insanity in the wild today. It gets worse the longer you look and the more you zoom in. Is it for real? No idea, but I do know this is why actual designers are needed.
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CW: bad design grumble, the sequel
_Two_ screwdrivers actually!
I feel sorry for people who get one of these ridiculous items and don't have tools handy!
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CW: bad design grumble
Whoever specified this packaging needs to go and do a different job!
"Squeeze pads and turn to open" it says on the top. I can see how it's _meant_ to work: you push in the sides of the lid so it goes from circular to oval, and the catches at the long ends of the oval disconnect and let you turn the lid. But it won't do it! The amount it's able to be squeezed is insufficient to make the catches go past. I think I'm going to need a screwdriver to stick under the edges and lever the lid outward.
Really seems like nobody actually tested it! Maybe the prototype was made of softer plastic?
And I've not even got arthritis, which makes this kind of squeezing task even more unpleasant.
The most pernicious thing about this nonsense is that once I've got the lid off, I'm not going to want to put it back on, thus obviating the whole point of having supposed safety lids at all. It's like when you make people change their password every month and they can't remember all the different ones, so they just have it on a post-it on their monitor.
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Look at the impeccable typography of the signs at my apartment building. #typography #design #badDesign #awfulDesign
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This Pixel phone is really annoying when it's totally run out of battery and it's getting charged. It gets some juice, starts to boot up, boots up, beeps and boops, notices too little power, beeps and boops and then shuts down. Repeat for 20 minutes at least. So there's an annoying little box on my desk that beeps and boops constantly. Whoever designed this didn't actually ever test it.
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Backseat #Software
What if your car worked like so many apps? You're driving somewhere important...maybe running a little bit late. A few minutes into the drive, your car pulls over to the side of the road and asks: "How are you enjoying your drive so far?" Annoyed by the interruption, and even more behind schedule, you dismiss the prompt and merge back into traffic. A minute later it does it again.
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Dear @apple please fix Safari and put + “New Tab” button directly in the middle, where it belongs and where it’s easily accessible for both right and left handed people, and where it was for 15 years!
Sincerely, everyone!
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#baddesign intuitivamente si premerebbe la targhetta bianca con il nome. E invece il campanello è quel piccolo e quasi invisibile pulsante nero subito sopra...
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Recently rebuilt section of OK 9 with new concrete-lined drainage ditches on either side. Keep in mind Oklahoma only paves the bar ditches for erosion control when flows usually are deep and fast enough to carry a midsize sedan. Also keep in mind motorists *WILL* take the dare, especially in Oklahoma.
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What are some software annoyances that make no sense still existing in 2025?
I'll start:
How is there no "Switch default account" button for Google accounts still? If you use more than 1 Google account (YouTube, Gmail, Calendar, etc) and want to change which account is automatically loaded, then you need to log out of all your accounts and then make sure that the first one you log back into, is the one you want as your default. -
What are some software annoyances that make no sense still existing in 2025?
I'll start:
How is there no "Switch default account" button for Google accounts still? If you use more than 1 Google account (YouTube, Gmail, Calendar, etc) and want to change which account is automatically loaded, then you need to log out of all your accounts and then make sure that the first one you log back into, is the one you want as your default. -
What are some software annoyances that make no sense still existing in 2025?
I'll start:
How is there no "Switch default account" button for Google accounts still? If you use more than 1 Google account (YouTube, Gmail, Calendar, etc) and want to change which account is automatically loaded, then you need to log out of all your accounts and then make sure that the first one you log back into, is the one you want as your default. -
What are some software annoyances that make no sense still existing in 2025?
I'll start:
How is there no "Switch default account" button for Google accounts still? If you use more than 1 Google account (YouTube, Gmail, Calendar, etc) and want to change which account is automatically loaded, then you need to log out of all your accounts and then make sure that the first one you log back into, is the one you want as your default. -
What are some software annoyances that make no sense still existing in 2025?
I'll start:
How is there no "Switch default account" button for Google accounts still? If you use more than 1 Google account (YouTube, Gmail, Calendar, etc) and want to change which account is automatically loaded, then you need to log out of all your accounts and then make sure that the first one you log back into, is the one you want as your default. -
CW: Rant on pull-to-refresh
Pull-to-refresh is an evil design concocted by the powerful to get people addicted to just having a tiny morsel of dopamine, particularly effective if one is vulnerable to having a gambling addiction as it purposefully mirrors the action of pulling a gambling machine lever.
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CW: Rant on pull-to-refresh
Pull-to-refresh is an evil design concocted by the powerful to get people addicted to just having a tiny morsel of dopamine, particularly effective if one is vulnerable to having a gambling addiction as it purposefully mirrors the action of pulling a gambling machine lever.
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CW: Rant on pull-to-refresh
Pull-to-refresh is an evil design concocted by the powerful to get people addicted to just having a tiny morsel of dopamine, particularly effective if one is vulnerable to having a gambling addiction as it purposefully mirrors the action of pulling a gambling machine lever.
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CW: Rant on pull-to-refresh
Pull-to-refresh is an evil design concocted by the powerful to get people addicted to just having a tiny morsel of dopamine, particularly effective if one is vulnerable to having a gambling addiction as it purposefully mirrors the action of pulling a gambling machine lever.
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Well, it's ugly but my GPU isn't likely to catch fire.
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Today's UI failure: burger chain app that doesn't have a "scan QR for rebate" option in the app despite the coupon says "scan in app". What you have to do is using the regular camera app...
