• Designing foot-operated things tends to fly in the face of modern accessibility standards. Wheelchair users already have enough problems using public toilets.

      • @ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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        29 days ago

        They can still have both. A foot pedal for those who want it, a standard handle for those who don’t or can’t. In fact, retrofitting existing handle-flush toilets to add foot pedals could make a lot of sense.

      • @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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        19 days ago

        Oh shit, I guess that’s true, yeah. Wheelchair bathrooms are there own thing but not every place has them, at least where I live.

      • @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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        19 days ago

        and public washrooms often use the touchless sensor types.

        Now. I’m guessing you only have to go back to 2000 for that to be a futuristic new thing, though, while the history of the modern flush toilet goes back to the Victorian era.