Do you like a tactile click? Are you a sucker for screws? Or something you can put in any direction? Maybe it’s yours or another country’s power plugs?

This is sounding more sexual than I intended I think

  • kenblu24@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago
    • Best insertion: Displayport Locking
      • Runner-up: Ethernet (RJ45), Apple 30-Pin (Locking)
    • Best removal: Magsafe 3
      • Runner-ups: USB-C, USB-B 3.0
    • Best differential pair connector: Lightning (because it’s so consistent feeling)
      • Runner-up: USB-C
    • Best residential AC plug: British BS1363 (Type G)
    • Best lightbulb base: Bayonet B15s
      • Runner-ups: GU10, GU24, Fluorescent Bi-pin
    • Best audio port: 6.35mm TRRS (1/4")
      • Runner-ups: Banana Jacks, Neutrik SpeakON
    • Best video port: HDMI
      • Runner-ups: RCA Composite/Component, DVI, BNC, USB-C
    • Best device-internal connector: JST GH series
      • Runner-up: any miniature mezzanine connector
    • Worst differential connectors: USB micro B 3.0, any ethernet cable with a bubble boot or broken latch, mini-HDMI, micro-HDMI
    • Worst HF connectors: Coaxial, all miniature HF wire to board connectors (holy crap the naming is inconsistent) i.e. UFL, IPEX
    • Worst audio connectors: cheap 3.5mm, spring clip terminal, binding posts (especially plastic knob ones)
    • Worst residential AC plug: Europlug
    • worst device-internal connectors: wire soldered through-hole, any Molex connector or power connector inside a computer