User interface design

[mdlbear]

Our new oven has an electronic control panel, of course -- chips and wires have been cheaper than gears and cams for a long time now. There are a couple of nice touches in the UI design:

• You can set it up for a delayed start. But instead of setting the starting time (as you do with a VCR, say), you set the baking time and the stop time: i.e., when you want it to be ready.
• When you push the button to set the temperature, it starts out showing 350(F), the most commonly-used baking temperature. You adjust up and down from there.

Comments

[johno.livejournal.com]

But does it have a help function???

{Remembering the geeks gathered around our microwave with it's help function, step-by-step directions and statements "Food is done!"}

[mdlbear]

Unfortunately, no. Our microwave does, though.