[roelb]

The approach should be digital knobs, which work relative to their setting and roll-through endlessly magnetically. So software can react, but user is in control. The worst change in recent years is kitchen plates all having these horrible touch systems or magnetic detachable knobs. It's horribly slow in usage, monster learning curve, locking systems which all behave differently, fails when wet. It's so over-designed and over-engineered. It's so bad. Just provide a knob for **'s sake and when you turn it right, it turns on.

[UweSchmidt]

My current car has endless knobs:

If I set the volume to 0 the software pauses a recording so I can no longer skip unwanted parts without messing with fast-forward while driving. These smart knobs invite designers to mess with basic functionality that has worked for decades (play, pause, rewind, fast forward)

Occasionally, due to a bug, on cold winter mornings when I set the heating to max, I won't get warm air even after I've driven for a while and the engine is already hot. I then have to move the knob to cold and hot again for the software to register and finally give me some warmth.

I'd like chickenhead knobs that are connected to the functionality as direct as possible, please!

[kekeko]

The amount of burnt index fingers I've seen with friends and family on these modern cooking stoves is hilarious.

[jlpom]

Me too. If the content overspills you can't shut off the plaque because the control become unusable ('hot' or liquid on the surface displayed), which often leads to more overspills /autocatalyse.