Re: [Tails-ux] [Tails - Bug #10471] Fix PCB placement on Tai…

sajolida:
> Spencer:
>>> flapflap:
>>> some more nitpicking :-)
>>
>> Always welcomed :)
>>
>>> The outer two pins (power: VCC and GND) should be slightly longer than
>>> the inner two (data: D+, D-).
>>
>> Yep. About 1mm. The data pins are also spaced differently, too; closer
>> together.
>>
>>> As a result, the power pins connect
>>> before the data pins when a USB plug is connected to a receptacle.
>>
>> I kept the style of the existing Tails guy so the pins were easily
>> recognizable by "regular folk". Should we change them to only show the
>> power pins, as that is all that is visible at isometric view (dimetric
>> and trimetric do not show enough of the top plane to expose the
>> mechanically accurate location of the data pins)?
>
> Hi,
>
> I found the original idea of fixing the placement of the pins a funny
> bug and I was not against people fixing it. Now, I'm quite strongly
> opposed to changing more than that in the current drawing; which is
> basically the position of *one* stroke (or five with the pins).
>
> I think it would be a mistake to change the logo (after only 1.5 year of
> use) to something that will make people go. "Hmm, they change the logo.
> What's going on?" We're talking here about "brand" and "marketing" if
> you want, and I don't want to change it just for more "technical
> correctness" on the picture. Anyway a technically correct USB stick
> would never smile, right?

I agree. IMO the placement of the pins should be fixed but I wouldn't
change the pin lengths if it leads to the inner two not being possible
to be seen (if only the outer ones are visible, I fear people might not
recognise it correctly)


~flapflap