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Re:Why every microwave sucks these days, and the death of in... by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Thursday October 26, 2023 @07:37AM (#38024227)
If we're listing things we want to see in a microwave, I would add a knob! Just let me spin a dial to set the time then push that same knob to start/stop. I almost had this with my latest microwave, but alas, you can set the time with the knob and then 'set' the time by pushing the knob. But then you have to do the extra step of pressing a separate 'start' button. Why? why do this?

I feel a bit whiney complaining about such a minor thing. But it does bug me everyday. The sheer senselessness of bad design is infuriating. They will make thousands, maybe millions of these things. Put a bit of time in designing it!

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Re:Why every microwave sucks these days, and the death of in... by yetihehe on Thursday October 26, 2023 @07:50AM (#38024335)
> But then you have to do the extra step of pressing a separate 'start' button. Why? why do this?

Probably some consumer tests showed that people had trouble with rotating the knob without pushing it during rotation. Or, pushing the knob sets the time and now you can set the power by further rotating the knob and then pushing start.

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