In my day job I’m a Business Analyst who specializes in application design and usability. So I’m always curious about how people interact with the things in their daily lives and whether those things are well designed or should be thrown into a pit and never see the light of day again.
Over the fourth of July holiday I saw one of the most frightfully designed kitchen appliances that I’ve seen–my mother-in-law’s microwave oven.
Everyone knows from experience the process of cooking with a microwave oven looks like the following:
- Open the door
- Place your food in the oven
- Close the door
- Enter cook time, change power settings, etc.
- Press start
Simple, right?
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