"Brian-Gaff" wrote in message
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Its not always the designers fault, it can be shoddy work as in the two
halves of a moulded screwdriver handle having a seem or ridge that hurts
your hand.
Good quality ones either do not use this mode of construction or are made
more accurately.

I am reminded of the Dindy cassette problem where they started to be
very successful so they farmed out the manufacture to foreign parts and
most of the new stuff was crap.

Didn’t happen with Apple.

"Sam Plusnet" wrote in message
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In article , says...

When I buy a thing, I always check whether it will stand on its end or
its edge, if this is possible for the thing in question. It isn't merely
because I might want it to stand on its end, it's because I regard the
ability of a thing to stand on its end as evidence that the designer has
done a thorough job. I'm talking about small screwdrivers, torches,
remote handsets, tape measures, cameras, cordless phones, all that sort
of thing.

You regard "standing-on-endishness" as a valuable attribute.

There's rather a lot of people who do not share this fixation -
especially if the item can thus be easily knocked over and damaged.


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Sam