Originally Posted by
Great_circle
I was in Qsuites on QR’s A350 last week and I had to close the window blind in the conventional way by lowering it by hand
Are you sure you weren't on a 777? Both QR's A350-900s and A350-1000s as far as I'm aware have only electronically operated window blinds (there are two small white triangles above each window to operate these), whilst the Qsuites-equipped 777 does indeed have manual blinds.