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The problem with "smart" anything is that the more features you add the more places there is to break. The coffee maker in my office has a color touch screen.
by nommm-nommm 11y ago
The problem with "smart" anything is that the more features you add the more places there is to break.
The coffee maker in my office has a color touch screen. What advantage is a color touch screen over a "dumb" mechanical switch? None, but I am sure its more likely to break and much more expensive to fix/replace.
Yes, the touch screen has one button - make coffee. Then it plays animations while your coffee is brewing. Then it says "coffee done."
In my opinion smart features should be added very sparingly and fill an actual need not just "oh, cool" or "cuz we could." Otherwise I'd pick the "dumb" version every time.
- joezydeco 11y agoMajor portions of our economy function through planned obsolescence and doing everything possible in design to make old products look "old", even though functionality hasn't really changed from the old model. Think car manufacturing.
- st3v3r 11y agoAre you sure it's not the one that has options for the different sizes?
- culturestate 11y agoEven if it is, does that justify a touchscreen? My Nespresso supports three sizes by having three physical buttons; that doesn't strike me as particularly onerous.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoNo, it only makes one size coffee.
- driverdan 11y agoThey did a similar thing with our office elevators. They replaced the physical call buttons with a touchscreen. It doesn't do anything other than call the elevator. It's far less usable because someone who's blind can't use it.
- a3n 11y ago> It's far less usable because someone who's blind can't use it. I would have thought an elevator not usable by blind people would be illegal.
- driverdan 11y agoThey have a separate physical button for people who can't use the touchscreen. I assume it calls the security desk and requires them to intervene.