Death by Interface

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Aza pointed out a couple posts ago that the interfaces for most ovens and microwaves can be improved. Turning on the wrong burner of the stove is a minor inconvenience, but what about error-prone interfaces to larger, deadlier machines?

See the May 2, 2006 Achewood comic by Chris Onstad. Never mind why two cats are flying around in Airwolf looking for an otter headed out to sea in a beer cooler; just scroll down to the last row of panels and see if that isn’t a familiar problem. Aza says this comic makes his point better than he could make it himself.

Just remember, bad interfaces can kill.

Great article

Last night I was thinking about the fact that I do not remember EVER putting metal in the microwave by mistake.

You’d think this would be a common problem, but it just doesn’t seem to happen.

Is this just because I’ve had parents / authority figures pound the idea into me, that it really is a bad idea?

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