Looking for color coded keys is a more intuitive interface?
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
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Everyone used to bitch about how Windows 95 was such an ugly interface, but it was actually built to be usable by people with vision problems, including color-blindness. Relying on color for your interface is certainly intuitive but isn't useful for everyone.
Agreed. Colorblind. Certain DVD menus were awful for me back in the day.
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I mean, it's your house and not a product you're selling. After a couple weeks you likely know which switch does what. Whenever a host comes you can show them the switches.
This is why I label breakers/switches the moment I move in — “Kitchen left / Hall / Fan” saves future-me so much chaos 😅 Also, delayed LEDs are the worst kind of suspense.
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My parents have this, and some of the switches control window shutters, some lights. All identical.
In a rental unit id be pissed to see that without labels, but in a private residence its whatever. You learn it quick enough.
I have a set of switches just like these and it unironically took me a year before getting them down. I never tried so hard to memorize them, though.
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whats his point, that there aren't enough swastikas there the way they have it set up at the facebook Vr office?
John carmack throwing shade on lightswitches was not on my bingo card
Read Norman‘s Design of Everyday Things for some insights about this.
Don't look into the plumbing
For any common area rooms where it's not super-intuitive, smart switch, magnetic cover so nobody touches it, on an hour before sunset, off at 1am. Done.