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A dishwasher that only had one button: start. A dry cleaning service where they just told me to come back next day after 5p and never asked me how I want my shi
by george_ciobanu 10y ago
A dishwasher that only had one button: start.
A dry cleaning service where they just told me to come back next day after 5p and never asked me how I want my shirts, what kind of treatment etc. For contrast most places ask several questions that I never know the answer to. The best UI is no UI.
- chime 10y agoUnless the dishwasher can differentiate between baby bottles, fine china, and greasy steel pans, it's going to need more than one button.
- hvidgaard 10y agoIt would need 2 buttons, 3 at most. Auto and gentle, and you could argue that a button for a hot thorough cycle is needed as well, but with auto sensing I don't see the need.
- Xcelerate 10y agoSo you now have me reconsidering whether setting the thing on "heavy" and hitting start every time is the wrong way to do it then...
- alkonaut 10y agoNo I'd honestly be happy with throwing out whatever didn't manage the single program just like I don't care about special cold/30C wash clothes -- everything manages a 40C wash, at least once. I assume enough people don't have fine china just like most don't want to "auto cook 1.5kgs of chicken" using a special microwave program, so really there should be a market for really simple appliances in this case too. Edit: I realize there is an environmental aspect here but tbh the machine should be able to tell how dirty the stuff is.
- Kluny 10y agoFine china and greasy steel pans both get washed by hand at my house. Neither are used often enough for this to be a problem. Only "normal" stuff goes in the dishwasher, so it only needs a "normal" button.
- atombender 10y agoIn NYC, FlyCleaners does dry cleaning like that. They pick up, everything is organized through their app.