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Sub-Thought: I wonder how many people punch in “1:00” instead of “60”?
Answer: not enough. Sub-sub-thought: of those people, how many open the door at 0:01 to avoid the bell?
If they do that, they'd better fucking clear the timer.
I don't clear the timer because my +30 sec button will only work to start the microwave if there's time left on the timer. If there's no time left on the timer, the +30 button is useless until I punch something in.
I shoot for opening between 0-1. So it clears the timer and doesn't beep. It was either get good at that, or check the manual for how to turn off the beep noise, and I sure as hell wasn't going to learn how to read.
I'll only buy a microwave if it stops beeping when I open the door. So if I open it right as the timer finishes then it only does like half of one beep.
Side note, the microwave also needs to go straight to time entry once I start pressing numbers. I've seen some stupid microwaves that you need to press a Time Cook button before the numbers or it will assume you are using its preset cook settings like "pizza" or "soup".
I've put a note on my microwave to mute all beeps. I've made it very clear to my wife, in the event of my untimely death, she is to show her next husband how to turn off the beeping after a power outage.
Wait you can turn off the beeping???
Not on all of them. Ask me how I know.
Since we're talking about the fine polish UX of microwaves, one feature I highly value that not all have is that it should end cooking at exactly the same angle I put it in. It should complete a whole number of rotations while running.
I know, for example, that my microwave completes one full rotation every 10 seconds. If I want to heat something for 45 seconds, it'll end up backwards. But that's on me for not using a multiple of 10 seconds.
For my microwave its 20 second intervals. But also, let's say I open the door mid-run, if the tray is rotating clockwise, when I restart it it will rotate counterclockwise. Every time you open it it reverses it's rotation.
I don't know if all microwaves do this, or just mine. I never really had cause to notice until I started making desserts and candies, where you often nuke for 10 seconds, stir, 10 seconds, stir to melt chocolate. Easiest to just set for 40 seconds and open/close than it is to reset each time. This is the only microwave I've done that with, though, so idk if it's common