I don't have a personal pick for worst designed tools, but I will say that the design and release process of bringing something to market is almost impossible to get right the first time.Any product you know and love is most likely the umpteenth (sounds high, but it is in the teens?) design phase of a product. Whether the gremlins were sorted out during initial R&D, beta testing, or through multiple series of commercial releases (or all three) varies, but a team of top engineers with all the market research and unlimited money will still struggle to get the right product for the right market with all the right features first time.I've always applauded CRKT for being willing to test the market with innovative (if not always successful) ideas.I have less respect for brands that release products that it should seem obvious are poorly, or rushed designs to take advantage of a competitors release or simply cash-grabs. (SOG MACV seems like it might be one of the latter)It is hard (seems to be random chance as much as anything else) to balance innovation and simplicity in a new design.There's always someone (not necessarily just the marketing department, some designers are whacky too) that want to add more inane complexity, and there is someone who wants to just release the same product in a different colour."Ask the users!" you all cry?as often as the users don't even know what they want until after they have it and have "tried" it for 6 months, the producers of the item don't even know who the users might be.(anyone who says "release it in pink to increase sales to women" probably needs to go back to business school)I just happen to be looking at my wrissmurfch at the moment (Seiko 5, for anyone wandering. Gear Nerds) - Do you know how hard it is to get a decent small size mens analog watch these days? Quite hard, I've found, because designers and marketers have no idea what I want.Seiko released the "5" in the 60s, and it has not changed a great deal since. (SAKs are in a similar boat, and we all love those)I've been distracted by some work stuff and forgotten my point.Anyway, have some sympathy for designers and product engineers, and support those that are doing their best to engage with and support their customers, and also support tried and true designs that are doing what they are intended to do as well today as they were fifty years ago - otherwise some tit in sales and marketing will remove it from the product line.)
Anyone ever heard of the "Swissbeat MP3 player"?No? Exactly my point.
It has fantastic scissors too, I don't see the problem. Yodeleh hee hooooo....
Quote from: twiliter on April 20, 2018, 02:26:42 PMIt has fantastic scissors too, I don't see the problem. Yodeleh hee hooooo.... Do you aerobecise to it Twiglet? While yodelling?
Have you been watching me again?
Yes, please keep your welding goggles in good repair. I have a Wave eyeglass screwdriver you can use.
A radiation suit is on the way, the Wave is in the pocket along with some 450spf sunblock. The suit is heavy, might wear your anti-grav boots too. Lookin out for you bro... There's a playlist too so you don't have to soundhound everything.
If I could fall into the skyDo you think time would pass us by?'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand milesIf I could just see you
Quote from: Pablo O'Brien on April 20, 2018, 03:47:42 PMIf I could fall into the skyDo you think time would pass us by?'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand milesIf I could just see you Vanessa Carlton is a pale imitation of the amazing Debbie Gibson who even has the rockingest of guitars named after her. Shame on you Pabs.
Only in your dreams Bro, and there is some wonderful Bieber stuff on there, lack of real talent is so motivating!
Quote from: magentus on April 20, 2018, 03:49:34 PMQuote from: Pablo O'Brien on April 20, 2018, 03:47:42 PMIf I could fall into the skyDo you think time would pass us by?'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand milesIf I could just see you Vanessa Carlton is a pale imitation of the amazing Debbie Gibson who even has the rockingest of guitars named after her. Shame on you Pabs.I don’t even know who she is. I was only trying to search for the song lyrics that I remembered seeing here: https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/
Quote from: Pablo O'Brien on April 20, 2018, 03:53:33 PMQuote from: magentus on April 20, 2018, 03:49:34 PMQuote from: Pablo O'Brien on April 20, 2018, 03:47:42 PMIf I could fall into the skyDo you think time would pass us by?'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand milesIf I could just see you Vanessa Carlton is a pale imitation of the amazing Debbie Gibson who even has the rockingest of guitars named after her. Shame on you Pabs.I don’t even know who she is. I was only trying to search for the song lyrics that I remembered seeing here: https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/ OMG - Pabs, you have mistaken a Vanessa Carltion song for 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by the Proclaimers Twiglet - You are constantly dazzling me with your mix-tape skillz - what could be better than keeping fit by trying to run away from the noise Bieber makes? Classic Twiglet! Thanks for keeping me on track Bro.
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