@fourthletter ive seen plugs with no USB logo, and some cheapies that have it on the wrong side. you also can not feel for the logo because many companies will have the embossed logo on one side, and their brand logo embossed on the other. both sides feel the same, making it necessary to actually LOOK at the cable. One should not need to do this if they are working in a rats nest of cables behind their PC trying to get a plug in the PC where you might not be able to easily look at the end of the plug, or maybe loose orientation of the direction of the plug when you have to drop it though a hole in the top of back of a desk.
@fourthletter seriously, i feel like nobody in here knows that there is a standard way to mount USB jacks, so you only need to look at the plug to make sure it'll go in the right way. for horizontal jacks, make sure the connections in the plug are facing up, because the jack will have it's connections facing down 99% of the time (as in the picture above). for vertical jacks it's standard to mount the jack with it's connections facing left, so make sure the plug's connections are facing right when you go to put it in. makes it easy, even when you can't see the jack.
That's useful information, but I think the point is that even that should be unnecessary. You should be able to easily figure out the orientation of a plug based on feel alone. You shouldn't have to look inside and see where the pins are located. That's a fail.
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You could just look for the USB symbol on the plug and make sure it faces up.
@fourthletter ive seen plugs with no USB logo, and some cheapies that have it on the wrong side. you also can not feel for the logo because many companies will have the embossed logo on one side, and their brand logo embossed on the other. both sides feel the same, making it necessary to actually LOOK at the cable. One should not need to do this if they are working in a rats nest of cables behind their PC trying to get a plug in the PC where you might not be able to easily look at the end of the plug, or maybe loose orientation of the direction of the plug when you have to drop it though a hole in the top of back of a desk.
@fourthletter seriously, i feel like nobody in here knows that there is a standard way to mount USB jacks, so you only need to look at the plug to make sure it'll go in the right way. for horizontal jacks, make sure the connections in the plug are facing up, because the jack will have it's connections facing down 99% of the time (as in the picture above). for vertical jacks it's standard to mount the jack with it's connections facing left, so make sure the plug's connections are facing right when you go to put it in. makes it easy, even when you can't see the jack.
@maveric101
That's useful information, but I think the point is that even that should be unnecessary. You should be able to easily figure out the orientation of a plug based on feel alone. You shouldn't have to look inside and see where the pins are located. That's a fail.