Cool Old Kit You Never Heard Of

[Marco]

But that's only got one knob...

Marco.

[Barry]

It's not just that though. For example I had an Audiolab CD transport where eject was next to play, same size button. I was always ejecting when I wanted to play. Piss-poor ergonomics just so the front of the unit looks 'tidy'. I mean, for who? Women IME are either not bothered by hifi in the living room or don't want it there at all, whatever it looks like.

It's replacement has the eject button set away from the other controls and I've never hit the wrong one once. Basic stuff.

Yes that is poor ergonomic design. That said, the buttons on my Levinson CD player are all of the same size and the 'stop/eject' button is to the left of the 'play' button, but the latter is spaced further away to the right, and I have never made a mistake. My only complaint is that the engraved symbols on the buttons are hard to see easily if they are not at near eye level, and the size of the legends is too small.

[Macca]

the 'stop/eject' button is to the left of the 'play' button, but the latter is spaced further away to the right, and I have never made a mistake. .

That's the key to it. Even if you can't read the legends and the buttons are identical, if eject is set off to a degree from the others, that's all that's really needed. Not even doing that shows the thing was designed by someone who had no idea of its practical use. Sadly you see that everywhere now especially in computer software GUIs.

[Pigmy Pony]

But that's only got one knob...

Marco.

True, but on the plus side it'll cook your chicken

[Pigmy Pony]

My CD player gets confused by its own buttons. Sometimes when I press 'play', it ejects And that's not me, the buttons are at opposite ends of the player.