Annoying functionality and design of things you use frequently - General

There's always that one tool that you use all the time but it's a pain in the ass. I hate it when a DVD case doesn't have that little push button to safely remove a disk, so you have to flex the disk to get it out. My lamp has one of the bendy bits but it isn't rigid enough to hold it's own weight so it always droops to the floor. I [I]loathe[/I] that noise when Skype starts up (It took me two years to figure out I could change the sound). When I plug my phone into the computer I have to choose between charging OR transferring files- can't do both. Post things in your everyday life that are just plain broken but you have to use them anyway.

My shower head is designed to spray water absolutely fucking everywhere instead of at a concentrated area. What benefit does that actually have

my dvd rewinder only fast forwards

Phone Charging cables are not Long Enough ergh it barely reaches from my bed to my Desk where my phone is.

[QUOTE=Revanold;43101230]My shower head is designed to spray water absolutely fucking everywhere instead of at a concentrated area. What benefit does that actually have[/QUOTE] that is by far the superior shower head design

One of my desk lamps is uses such a powerful/bright bulb that it actually can knock out my mic's functionality for a few seconds when I turn it on. USB plugs and their quantum positional status. (It took me many years to learn that, normally, the half-block thing should be on the top for the plug - if it's a horizontal socket; but I'm still fucked on the vertical ones.) To change the sound my alarm clock plays, you have to listen to them while going through the menu. At full volume.

Printers. When they where invented, they where loud, slow and cost you a fortune in ink. Yet modern printers are...exactly the same. Printers can go suck a dick.

When I flush a urinal, it's never strong enough to flush down my feces so I usually have to stuff it down with my own fingers.

Inconsistent use of Explorers address bar. You all know what I mean [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/q0pDTBS.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8g773vL.png[/IMG]

Windows 8

The hand soap/sanitizer pumps in my dorm, the tube does not go all the way down the bottle so towards the end you have to unscrew the pump and bang the bottle on your hand.

my car has no heater, ac, headlights, seatbelts, airbags, turn signals or brake lights and 40 horsepower old bug problems

Micro USB's seem to break more than any kind of connector I've ever used

I have to use these handset things at work, and for some reason the clip that holds the battery in is attached to the elastic strap you use to wear it, so if you move the strap in the wrong direction the battery falls out and crashes the handset.

[QUOTE=whatthe;43102493]Inconsistent use of Explorers address bar. You all know what I mean [t]http://i.imgur.com/q0pDTBS.png[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/8g773vL.png[/t][/QUOTE] I'd be more concerned how Explorer doesn't have tabs and two separate locations have to be opened in separate windows.

I wish my monitor had software that actually worked. My Philips Monitor has some LED lights on the back that changes according to brightness/color on what is displayed on the monitor. Works great for Games but is awful for movies due to rapid scene changes. Would be great if i didn't have to fiddle with the tiny buttons on the monitor everytime i wanna toggle it.

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;43103383]I'd be more concerned how Explorer doesn't have tabs and two separate locations have to be opened in separate windows.[/QUOTE] And on that note, does anybody have and explorer alternative, pretty please. I don't know what I am asking here but I kind of want to experiment with alternative explorers, like is that even possible?

The steam client.

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;43103383]I'd be more concerned how Explorer doesn't have tabs and two separate locations have to be opened in separate windows.[/QUOTE] While I hear where you're coming from, I personally find that if I ever have multiple explorer windows open at the same time I NEED them to be different windows (so I can compare files, drag and drop, etc.) As for annoying stuff - the system tray icon for my backup software always tells me there's a problem but when I open it up it says its fine and has backed up yesterday.

[QUOTE=Mr Shadyface;43101471]Printers. When they where invented, they where loud, slow and cost you a fortune in ink. Yet modern printers are...exactly the same. Printers can go suck a dick.[/QUOTE] The worst thing is when they randomly do shit late at night. Scares the shit out of me everytime.

Bra clasps with the little hooks as opposed the slidey ones. I never manage to clasp it right the first time.

Our new(ish) kitchen stove. Back in the day there were just four knobs going from 0 to 9 (or 10?), one for each plate. It was simple and quick. Now we have these ~touch sensitive~ buttons, so I first have to turn the whole thing on, then press a button one to four times to select the plate, and then hold another button until the plate reaches the power I want. This is bullshit.

[QUOTE=plants;43112436]Bra clasps with the little hooks as opposed the slidey ones. I never manage to clasp it right the first time.[/QUOTE] that's why you put it on front to back first, then turn it around and slide it up and put your arms through the straps (if there are any)

I really dislike my current headphones, they looked like very basic headphones on the preview image but turns out they actually were tiny. Nobody has this small ears, so I can't fathom why they would make the headphones so fucking small.

Uh... Youtube? :v:

Places with restrooms that still have handles or doorknobs. I can understand paper towel dispensers with motion detection being expensive. I can understand sinks with motion detection being expensive. I can understand soap dispensers with motion detection being expensive. But for gods sake, make doors where all you have to do is push them open. I wash my hands but I know for a fact others don't and when I can avoid touching the handle of a Wal-Mart bathroom you bet your ass I want to. You just invalidate any washing you did when you grasp that door handle that Big Bubba who just took the shit of his life and didn't wash his hands also just used. I'm not even a germophobe but that shit is ridiculous.

i have to unlock my car from the passenger side my car's heater/ac is either full heat/cool or off, there is no middle ground i can't select a song on my phone and shuffle from there the monitor i use for browsing from the bed cuts off about a centimeter from each edge

The Nintendo 64 controller. What happened? Did they take a Playstation controller hostage and then horribly mutilate it? I am no design expert, or biologist, but most people don't have 3 hands.

[QUOTE=Smell;43121071]The Nintendo 64 controller. What happened? Did they take a Playstation controller hostage and then horribly mutilate it? I am no design expert, or biologist, but most people don't have 3 hands.[/QUOTE] Here's what bothers me, people who say that without ever having ever seen one in person. [t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/N64-Controller-in-Hand.jpg[/t] [I]HERE. HERE IS HOW YOU HOLD IT.[/I] Barely any games used the D-pad.

[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;43117177]Places with restrooms that still have handles or doorknobs. I can understand paper towel dispensers with motion detection being expensive. I can understand sinks with motion detection being expensive. I can understand soap dispensers with motion detection being expensive. But for gods sake, make doors where all you have to do is push them open. I wash my hands but I know for a fact others don't and when I can avoid touching the handle of a Wal-Mart bathroom you bet your ass I want to. You just invalidate any washing you did when you grasp that door handle that Big Bubba who just took the shit of his life and didn't wash his hands also just used. I'm not even a germophobe but that shit is ridiculous.[/QUOTE] I actually hate motion detection shit in bathrooms. Half the time it doesn't work, but as soon as you give up and turn around to leave it suddenly does what it's supposed to. Oh, and fuck motion detecting toilets. They ALWAYS. ALWAYS flush while I'm still on it, making a God-awful WOWOSJOHAHDAUHFIFS noise scaring the living hell out of me, and splashing water ALL OVER my posterior. Ughhh. Maybe it's just me. But I see your point, though.