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Kitchen appliances
Raised as a usability problem by 16 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2017–2026), in 15 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Touchscreen does not work with damp or wet fingersUnreviewed
20172026- Touch screen is impossible to use with damp or wet fingers2026-01-07
- Touch screen is slow and unresponsive, and needed buttons are missing2023-02-21
- Touch controls are slow to use, have a steep learning curve, and fail when wet2021-11-21
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 16 complaints
- Touch screen is impossible to use with damp or wet fingers2026-01-07
- Oven clocks drift and must be manually reset twice a year for DST2025-03-25
- Dial registers all turns counter-clockwise, so setting one minute means rotating through 99 minutes2024-10-16
- Kitchen equipment has terrible user interfaces that are hard to operate2024-05-15
- Button needs to be held down because quick taps are ignored2023-09-18
- Touch screen is slow and unresponsive, and needed buttons are missing2023-02-21
- Lowering power takes many button presses, too slow for sensitive food2023-01-30
- Setup takes 10-15 minutes per machine with account and app steps and no clear instructions2023-01-24
- Cupboards only open when pressing one tiny corner exactly; elsewhere they just jiggle2022-12-31
- Hob controls and sink faucets are hard to operate, with up/down buttons and unusable designs2022-07-18
- Convection roast locked behind WiFi connection, so the feature can't be used offline2022-03-05
- Touch controls are slow to use, have a steep learning curve, and fail when wet2021-11-21
- Stove controls are confusing enough to make the commenter curse every time2021-10-14
- Connecting bulbs is chancy, slow and frustrating2019-08-17
- Setting a timer needs many magic button combinations and repeated presses to start2017-02-20
- Knob too coarse to set sub-minute intervals accurately2017-02-20