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Evolution of the Netflix Envelope

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the uhoh-used-the-e-word dept.

An anonymous reader wrote to mention an article over on CNN Money. They go into some detail on what seven years of tinkering has done for the simple red Netflix envelope. From the article: "Years of experimentation went into creating the perfect DVD envelope. In 1999, Netflix started out with a heavy cardboard mailer. With only 100,000 subscribers, costs weren't a concern yet. Then the company experimented with plastic envelopes, which proved not to be recyclable, and padding, which added too much to postage costs. Both top-loading and side-loading envelopes made an appearance."

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  1. Re:Synopsis by Queer+Boy · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Why don't we have a brief history of slashdot interfaces instead? Now that would make for some fun debate.

    Crap nonstandard HTML that didin't validate to crap nonstandard HTML that now they block the W3C validator from accessing the site directly.

    End discussion

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  2. Re:Perfection is in the pennies by drivekiller · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Imagine making 1 billion slashdot posts at -1. Oh that was me before I got an account.

  3. Re:perfect paper envelope... NOT by mclipsco · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I vote we change poster's name from Anonymous Coward to Federal Whistleblower.

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  4. And that is why 'House Wife' isn't a real job. by Belial6 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm glad that we are past the 80s bit where we were constantly being bombarded with the 'Housewife is a career' garbage. No doubt that pre 1950s being a house wife was a full time job, but in this day and age with no wax floors, vacume cleaners, boxed cakes, pre-sliced bread, dish washers, washing machines, dryers, and all the other modern convinences we have, being a housewife is about an 8 hour a week job.

    Even with all of these modern convienences, I still know a few 'housewifes' that as soon as dad comes home from work, they drop the kids in his lap, and take 'me time' because plunking their kids down in front of the TV is SOOOOOO much work.