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that is not what orthogonal means


I may be crazy but I've heard and used "orthogonal" in that context. Or I totally misunderstood the original sentence.

Quick googled definition option: "Very different or unrelated; sharply divergent."


THanks! English is not my first language.


"closing the harness is antiparallel to what users want."




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