For the first time today I watched a DVD with a good subtitle selection screen! I have no idea why it's taken someone else so long to realise the problem with this.

Think of the usual DVD menu. It reads, "Subtitles On." Does that mean the subtitles are already on, and this is a toggle button? Or does it mean that by selecting this option the subtitles will be switched on. Naturally, this logic isn't standard, and some DVDs take the alternate approach to what you think is standard. Also, the default of whether the subtitles are on varies between disks. I find this incredibly annoying.

This DVD solves the problem by having the screen say, in a different style to the buttons, "The subtitles are on." There is also a button which says "Turn the subtitles off." Simple, uncluttered, and completely unambiguous. It doesn't even need the services (and therefore salary) of a professional writer, but it improved my enjoyment no end.

And the name of this high technology DVD? The Box of Delights. Yes, the BBC childrens programme from 1984. Wonderful nostalgic stuff. Made better by the technology working for me, not against me. Perhaps everyone should just design for children.