John Lindal’s Blog

Front Switches

I don’t know how many of you are old enough to remember front switches on computers. I’m certainly not, though I’ve heard of them. But I’m still young enough to experience front switches on hairdryers!

Yes, that’s right, front switches on a hairdryer. The design boggles the mind. On first picking up the device, one notices three switches, two red and one black. None of them have labels. Further inspection reveals documentation for the two red switches camouflaged on a totally different part of the device:

• up/up → cold
• up/down → warm
• down/up → hot
• down/down → very hot

Oh, good. Up means Off. At least the black switch, which by process of elimination must be the power switch, works the same way…