{"id":36570,"date":"2022-07-22T17:01:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T21:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=36570"},"modified":"2022-07-22T17:02:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T21:02:10","slug":"bluetooth-remains-unusually-painful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/22\/bluetooth-remains-unusually-painful\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluetooth Remains Unusually Painful"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catherine Thorbecke<\/a> (via Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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In the two decades since it was first included in products available to the general public, Bluetooth has become so widespread that an entire generation of consumers may not be able to remember a time without it.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

“I have a very love-hate relationship with Bluetooth,” said Chris Harrison, a professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Melon University. “Because when it works, it’s amazing, and when it doesn’t, you want to rip your hair out.”<\/p>\n

“The promise was to make it as seamless and easy as possible,” he said. “Bluetooth never quite got there, unfortunately.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Bluetooth has got to be the least reliable modern standard. Apple’s proprietary enhancements for AirPods and its other headphones help but don’t go far enough. I’m continuing to develop ToothFairy<\/a> to try to make common Bluetooth tasks easier. That’s been a success for me as a user, though as a developer it has been frustrating, as the APIs are incomplete and unreliable.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n