There's an issue on Github for this now: https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable/issues/2

I wasn't either (insomuch as I had never thought about it), but it makes sense if you think about it for a second. If you have one end plugged in one way, and the other end plugged in the other way, each individual wire is flipped from where it should be. The fact that you _can_ plug it in either way means that the device on one end needs to be capable of recognizing that and logically reversing it. Same as automatic crossover in Ethernet.

That's all the program is telling you. It doesn't matter that it's backwards, but technically it is.

Yeah I like the sound of the functionality but I don't like the idea of it taking up menu bar space. Console utility would be good or even a gui that can be quickly launched through spotlight

There's an issue on Github for this now: https://github.com/darrylmorley/whatcable/issues/2

Everyone knows you have to flip the USB cable twice before it’s no longer upside down.

You mean LTT ?

I think for real cables the delta could also be explained by damage or just a bad plug-in attempt, so even if you're not trying to detect counterfeit cables it could be useful to know:

1. What does the host support

2. What does the cable support

3. What does the device support

4. What actually got negotiated

Making 1 click to access is faster than typing the app name in finder. Dock is usually full and used for different type of apps. Makes also constantly visible output possible with standard ui patterns.

Thunderbolt 4 passive (over usb) is 0.8m in length, longer cables are active, up to two meters I think, so they do exist.

How do you define "thick" or "short" to a non-engineer/tech person? Relative to what exactly?

Just because it got pushed 2h ago it doesn't mean they didn't test it on their end.

And it's been updated, with full releases, many times since.

I like this tool, but I agree that it was rushed and it is still being rushed. I urge the developer to slow down and get it right.

It won't tell you the _quality_

It just tell you want the e-marker said.