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You made me think of which appliances. I am happy with most but the ones I hate are the smart tv (cannot turn on without remote!) and bosch oven (awful sticky s

You made me think of which appliances. I am happy with most but the ones I hate are the smart tv (cannot turn on without remote!) and bosch oven (awful sticky spinning wheel interface for doing everything), despite them being otherwise good products. Hang the blessed UX!

tonymet 5y ago
My washer and dryer have non-tactile keys that require long-presses. Same for the oven. Fridge has an LED screen that lights up the kitchen at night (why?). Also non-tactile. Over time I find myself pressing my body-weight into the buttons. Also small appliances like pressure cookers, air-friers have gaudy LEDs with non-tactile buttons, and irritating charms. Now for a positive example: my italian Gaggia Espresso machine : 3 large rocker switches and 2 status LEDs. It could easily be operated by touch alone. And I expect it to last 30 years with adequate maintenance. And besides the mechanism, no extraneous noises whatsoever.
- quickthrower2 5y ago
  Italian espresso machines are nice that way. Even the breville which I have has is reasonable. It is just pressing regular buttons, no fancy touch screens. Since you are on HN / espresso intersection I guess you know about all the mods. Someone made a PID for it you can build yourself.
- ahonhn 5y ago
  My microwave has two mechanical knobs. One controls the power, the other the time. Although one of the cheapest models it was hard to actually find a microwave like this. I had to shop around a lot. All the other models I saw have dozens of buttons and promise to cook 9999 different exotic recipes to perfection. My friends & relatives who own these technological marvels will cook stuff by standing in front of them pressing the "1 Minute Reheat" button every minute for n minutes because anything more makes programming the Apollo Landing Computer seem in comparison an exercise in simplicity.
MonaroVXR 5y ago
You may can turn on the tv with the app.
- quickthrower2 5y ago
  Sometimes you can, sometimes it cant pull up from bootstraps

tonymet 5y ago

My washer and dryer have non-tactile keys that require long-presses. Same for the oven. Fridge has an LED screen that lights up the kitchen at night (why?). Also non-tactile. Over time I find myself pressing my body-weight into the buttons. Also small appliances like pressure cookers, air-friers have gaudy LEDs with non-tactile buttons, and irritating charms. Now for a positive example: my italian Gaggia Espresso machine : 3 large rocker switches and 2 status LEDs. It could easily be operated by touch alone. And I expect it to last 30 years with adequate maintenance. And besides the mechanism, no extraneous noises whatsoever.

quickthrower2 5y ago
Italian espresso machines are nice that way. Even the breville which I have has is reasonable. It is just pressing regular buttons, no fancy touch screens. Since you are on HN / espresso intersection I guess you know about all the mods. Someone made a PID for it you can build yourself.
ahonhn 5y ago
My microwave has two mechanical knobs. One controls the power, the other the time. Although one of the cheapest models it was hard to actually find a microwave like this. I had to shop around a lot. All the other models I saw have dozens of buttons and promise to cook 9999 different exotic recipes to perfection. My friends & relatives who own these technological marvels will cook stuff by standing in front of them pressing the "1 Minute Reheat" button every minute for n minutes because anything more makes programming the Apollo Landing Computer seem in comparison an exercise in simplicity.

MonaroVXR 5y ago

You may can turn on the tv with the app.

quickthrower2 5y ago
Sometimes you can, sometimes it cant pull up from bootstraps