Well, I hope they succeed. I had some batteries that almost sent me to the hospital when I tried to open them with a pair of scissors.
For the last two years, online retailer Amazon.com has been on a mission to persuade manufacturers to make product packages that are easier for consumers to open. The results so far have been less than stellar.
According to The New York Times, Amazon has been able to persuade manufacturers to make easier-to-open packages for only about 600 of the millions of products Amazon sells. Traditional retailers like products in large cases and multiple layers of plastic because it's believed to deter theft. Amazon says someone ordering online shouldn't have to deal with the frustration involved in liberating products from their packages.
moneycentral.msn.com has the entire article.