{"id":73,"date":"2011-01-30T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/?p=73"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:21:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:21:57","slug":"microwave-interface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"Microwave interface"},"content":{"rendered":"

I once explained my usage of our microwave. I use 3 buttons: a "pizza button" (25 seconds) * n times (e.g. n=2 is 50 sec, n=3 is 1.15 min …), start and stop buttons. Our microwave probably does miracles but I (and I’m sure a lot of other people) use it only for heating drinks and food. I use the "pizza button" even for defrosting.<\/p>\n

The microwave in the photo is from the lab’s kitchen. It has an easy interface, but on the first sight. Let’s look at the heating procedure:<\/p>\n

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  1. Select the heating power<\/strong> (90, 180, 360, 600, 1000) – in the middle of the panel<\/li>\n
  2. Adjust time with the round button<\/strong> – top of the panel<\/li>\n
  3. Press the start<\/strong> button – bottom of the panel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If the power is not selected, timer is not working either<\/strong>. To start with a step 2. a step 1. has to be completed. Most microwaves have a default heating power. If a user starts with the time it lets her\/him proceed! It took me a while to understand why a button to adjust the time is not working. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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    Then look at the arrangement of power buttons<\/strong> as they are not in one line but rather split in two lines. I would guess that designer thought that power button labeled ‘1000’<\/strong> would not be used often. Or even that this button doesn’t need to be grouped with the rest of power buttons. I would rather not have the button labeled ’90’<\/strong> (I’d guess that most users want their food heated quickly) and fit all power buttons in one line.<\/p>\n

    Look also at the labels: M<\/strong>, P<\/strong> and kg<\/strong>. The last one is probably to select the weight of the food (to be heated or defrosted). Which button is used to enter weight?<\/strong> Maybe the round button, but the label above it says only sec\/min<\/strong>. What are M and P buttons for? Now very informative.<\/p>\n

    And the last, look at how the interface is set up<\/strong> for the most used function: heating. The first step requires manipulation of the interface in the middle<\/strong>, the second on the top<\/strong> and for the third step a user has to go down to the bottom<\/strong>. The user has to travel too much on the interface<\/strong>. This interface would be much nicer if a procedure would follow the top-down approach. <\/p>\n

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    • Top: select heating or leave it on a default value. <\/li>\n
    • Middle: adjust time.<\/li>\n
    • Bottom: press start.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      I once explained my usage of our microwave. I use 3 buttons: a "pizza button" (25 seconds) * n times (e.g. n=2 is 50 sec, n=3 is 1.15 min …), start and stop buttons. Our microwave probably does miracles but I (and I’m sure a lot of other people) use it only for heating drinks...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[132,133],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6-pim-research","tag-tags","tag-wordle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1667,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions\/1667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pim.famnit.upr.si\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}