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Serious question: Is there a "mute" button in any of those patents? Even though microwaves keep getting control panels with more buttons, they never seem to ge
by JD557 14y ago
Serious question: Is there a "mute" button in any of those patents?
Even though microwaves keep getting control panels with more buttons, they never seem to get rid of the annoying "beep" everytime you press a button. It just seems like a counter incentive to use the microwave extra options.
Microwaves are not the only appliance that does that... I just replaced my washing machine the other day and now it just beeps for every reason (also, I'm pretty sure the beep makes the same sound as coins in super mario, which feels kind of weird).
Why is this? What's wrong with just having a beep when the food is ready (or maybe not even that) like in the older microwaves?
Is it to help blind people? If so, wouldn't the old rotary knob be better?
- ihsw 14y agoPersonally I've gotten quite good at estimating when the microwave is under 10 and stopping it right at 1, however I've never seen anyone else resort to this behavior so I feel awkward about it.
- noonespecial 14y agoI do it all the time. I'm so OCD about it, I even do it before other people's food is about to beep.
- jjjeffrey 14y agoI hate using a microwave when other people are sleeping. Loud beeps on every button press. Beeps at 30 second intervals saying it done (as if something terrible will happen if you don't rescue your food!). Even opening and closing the door makes an excessively loud noise.
- mmastrac 14y agoMicrowaves generally have an obscure settings menu where you can disable things like that.