Murphy's Law Bites Again OTD

[prog]

The DVDs I got yesterday are physically unusual in that they are double-sided, allowing each box to contain a single disc with the content amount two "normal" DVDs. And this design invites a humdinger of a UI misfeature: the label on each side is not only printed in teeny-tiny eyestrain-o-vision, printed around the middle ring (where else can it go?), but the "Side A/Side B" name refers to the content on the opposite side of the disc. So "Side A" means "Insert this side up to get at Side A of the disc", but anyone who has ever seen an LP before would first think it means "Insert the disc so that this side interfaces with the DVD's laser (in other words, this side down), in order to get at Side A."

I was honestly confused by this for a while! Can I safely assume that double-sided DVDs have existed for a while but I don't see more of them because of how confusing this label business becomes?

Comments

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

What DVDs were these?

[prog.livejournal.com]

The Directors Label series of music video DVDs I've been babbling about lately.