The Oven
2024-12-01 the UI makes me go insane though. say you want to set a timer for one minute—how do you approach this?
2024-12-01 instead of something obvious, here’s what happens:
2024-12-01 when the timer is anything but
0:00, pushing the button adds one second, holding it for a couple seconds starts increasing the time in an accelerating manner, starting with 10 second increments, then 20 seconds. I never push for long enough to notice it going any faster, so let’s pretend these are the only two increments that matter.2024-12-01 okay so when is the last time you needed single-second precision on a kitchen timer.
2024-12-01 at best I need 30 seconds, but that is still very sporadic…
2024-12-01 sencha leaves can be infused up to about three times before the taste starts to diminish. my first brew is 1 minute, the second is 1 minute 30 seconds, and the third is 2 minutes.
this is the only time I ever need half-minute precision in cooking. I bet replacing the 1min 30s step with 2min would be just fine.
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The Induction Stove
2024-12-01 upon first sight, nothing out of the ordinary—it even has very good and fairly obvious UX!
2024-12-01 the
-and+buttons adjust the power levels of each burner. the first level is◡, then1through9, and thenP.2024-12-03 I don’t know what
◡orPare supposed to mean, but from what I’ve tried the◡is probably very low power simmering mode, andPprobably stands for pożar, because it has one hell of a power kick to it. boils water almost as fast as an electric kettle!2024-12-01
the annoying part is that the touch panel is capacitive. meaning that drops of water—or heck, any wet things—tend to activate the panel, which causes it to turn off, especially when you really don’t want it to!
2024-12-01 in theory there’s a lock mode, which prevents making any adjustments—but it’s really annoying to get into and get out of. pushing the button down, and then having to push down the
-button to turn down the power can take long enough to make a difference between well done and congratulation.2024-12-01
The Dishwasher
2024-12-01 a while ago my parents replaced their dishwasher, as the old one had broken down, and the new one has a touch panel. not sure if it’s capacitive or resistive—probably the latter because, like, water—but it’s a very good touch panel either way. quite intuitive to use, and even makes use of sliding gestures, rather than being just a stupid “modern” way of implementing push buttons!
2024-12-01 the problem with it is… my grandma. she is quite senile, and she absolutely does not understand how the heck touch panels are supposed to work—not surprising considering there’s nothing tactile to press, and her sight is degraded quite badly to be able to read all the icons and text.
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The Headphones
2024-12-01 I have a pair of Sony WH-1000XM5, and while the sound is very good, and the ANC is stellar, I absolutely hate their capacitive touch panel interface.
2024-12-01 hair is something you have to maintain, especially the longer it gets. that maintenance means washing it at least once every two days (which is a frequency that sits firmly on the bare minimum maintenance but still looks somewhat presentable side) and washing your hair means it becomes wet and has to dry.
2024-12-01 I’ve had numerous cases now where my wet hair triggered the touch panel by simply being, which is honestly even more infuriating than the chopping-board-on-induction-stove thing. because, you know, I generally place my wet chopping boards on the stove deliberately, knowing they will probably fuck up my cooking, but wishing it will somehow work this time, out of laziness and time pressure.
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