Re:How Not to Design a Microwave
by Svenstaro on Sunday January 07, 2018 @04:03AM
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But how do you actually use the shown microwave then?
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The instruction manual is 44 pages long
https://www.fisherpaykel.com/download/user-guide/Kitchen/Coo...
Took me 10s to find page 18 which has everything needed to use it as a microwave.
Sometimes I think users are getting too spoiled and simply refuse to RTFM.
Not to mention the article complains about the UI for an oven, confuses the oven with a microwave and then gives advice for designing iphone apps.
Do you really think that it's reasonable to require users to read user manual in order to use a _microwave_?
It's a multipurpose oven, not a microwave.
He really should've told near the end. Anyway, I assume you press the power button, because that is the established standard for microwaves in the last 10 years or so. Probably there might be a timeout and then it starts automatically.
This is indeed something you have to learn though, first time I encountered this kind of microwave it baffled me as well.
Where the article seems to go wrong is with the very idea that this is a microwave. It's not. It's a combination of microwave and grill hence the hinging of the door not matching a typical microwave.