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* usb 2 * alarm clocks with just a big snooze button. Actually even the iphone alarm confused me every time (how do I stop it?) * restaurants or bars that don

by baby 5y ago

* usb 2 * alarm clocks with just a big snooze button. Actually even the iphone alarm confused me every time (how do I stop it?) * restaurants or bars that don’t have a clear indication that you have to either wait or seat yourself * lights that have a wheel thing as the switch. You never know in which direction to turn. * microwaves that don’t have a start button * elevators with letter floors and a floor numbered 1 (is it the ground floor?) * washing machines and dish washers that don’t really have a good way to tell you that you did start it and you don’t have to press the button again * coffee machines that don’t give you a good way to know if the pod you have in there has been used already or not.

permo-w 5y ago
* 9 times out of ten the dark squares go upwards * agree with this one * agree * clockwise is pretty much always on * agree. microwave (and shower) design has always bewildered me. it really can’t be this hard, can it? * never come across this * in my, admittedly limited, experience, most dishwashers start making a gurgling noise when you turn them on, and the door locks up * that sounds more like a cost/engineering problem than a design one
- baby 5y ago
  Oh my, showers or sink that don’t clearly indicate which side is the warm side, or worse how to switch which stream to use. Elevators and floors become a pain once you start travelling (in france the first floor is not the ground floor)
allenu 5y ago
> * microwaves that don’t have a start button As far as I'm concerned, a microwave with an "Add 30 seconds" and a "Stop" button has everything I need.
- baby 5y ago
  I’ve stared at some microwaves for a while, being able to _add_ time, but not start it
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    On ours it's the same thing: You've just added time, i.e. told it to go for thirty seconds or three minutes or whatever, so it starts doing that. Feels quite obvious and intuitive to me. "What, you didn't mean tomorrow or next week, did you? I'm not one of those fancy models with a totally unnecessary timer, you know, so I'll just assume when you tell me to do something, you mean do it NOW, like any sane person (or appliance) would", I can imagine it saying. Now if only kids could be equally sensible.

by baby 5y ago

permo-w 5y ago

* 9 times out of ten the dark squares go upwards * agree with this one * agree * clockwise is pretty much always on * agree. microwave (and shower) design has always bewildered me. it really can’t be this hard, can it? * never come across this * in my, admittedly limited, experience, most dishwashers start making a gurgling noise when you turn them on, and the door locks up * that sounds more like a cost/engineering problem than a design one

baby 5y ago
Oh my, showers or sink that don’t clearly indicate which side is the warm side, or worse how to switch which stream to use. Elevators and floors become a pain once you start travelling (in france the first floor is not the ground floor)

allenu 5y ago

> * microwaves that don’t have a start button As far as I'm concerned, a microwave with an "Add 30 seconds" and a "Stop" button has everything I need.

baby 5y ago
I’ve stared at some microwaves for a while, being able to _add_ time, but not start it
- CRConrad 5y ago
  On ours it's the same thing: You've just added time, i.e. told it to go for thirty seconds or three minutes or whatever, so it starts doing that. Feels quite obvious and intuitive to me. "What, you didn't mean tomorrow or next week, did you? I'm not one of those fancy models with a totally unnecessary timer, you know, so I'll just assume when you tell me to do something, you mean do it NOW, like any sane person (or appliance) would", I can imagine it saying. Now if only kids could be equally sensible.