Re:Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back
by redwall_hp on Sunday November 03, 2024 @02:18PM
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My favorite design issue with those: capacitive burner controls on the cooking surface mean you can spill something on them and be unable to turn the heat off to clean the thing keeping you from turning the heat off.
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Re:Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back
by kubik369 on Sunday November 03, 2024 @05:54PM
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Have you encountered any that work like this? In my small sample (n~5, Europe), all capacitive cooktops turn off whenever you spill something on the controls.
Re:Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back
by account42 on Monday November 04, 2024 @07:34AM
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Which, while better than buning your house down, is still needlessly annoying.
What I really want is for the controls to not be on the cooking surface at all but that only seems to be available for stovetop + oven combinations which have their own annoying limitations.
Re:Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back
by occz on Monday November 04, 2024 @09:10AM
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Induction ranges stop heating when you remove the cookware from them however, making this somewhat less of a concern.
Still bad design on many levels, but not quite what I would call a safety hazard for this reason alone.