When it comes to microwave UIs... our cheap Panasonic (turns out Midea, and the insides look just like that photo) was out of commission due to fuse/door switch

When it comes to microwave UIs... our cheap Panasonic (turns out Midea, and the insides look just like that photo) was out of commission due to fuse/door switch issues (since fixed). So I grabbed a cheap, clunky, noisy microwave off FBM for a stopgap. While not a nice machine, its UI was great! Pushing a digit button adds that many minutes, and there's a separate "+30s" button that adds half a minute. Most microwaving tasks could be started in 1-2 button presses. Doing an odd number like 45 seconds needed more. That's even better than the commercial dial timer microwaves at work. Whereas the Panasonic, for style reasons, has "dark grey on black" legends on its membrane keypad... sigh.