Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Feature Creep and Microwaves

No one wants all those buttons on the microwave. We all just want to say COOK NOW!
Here are some good metaphors for how I want a microwave to behave.

1 comment:

Michael Innes said...

You mean like this: http://www.amazon.com/Amana-Commercial-1000-Microwave-Timer/dp/B000SKO38W/ref=sr_1_cc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1264232382&sr=1-1-catcorr

There are microwaves out there with dial timers. Few home builders build them in, since they are considered the lesser, cheaper option.

Feature creep (can be) a sign of a supposedly upper-end product! I mean why else are Light-scribe DVD-burners and fingerprint-readers being thrown into laptops? Because people actually use them?