[jaclaz]

>I'm sure you are sarcastic here, because ...

Actually I was mostly surprised by the parent comment, I thought that even in the subset of just dishwashers they had at least three different sets of controls/menus/settings.

>I'm sorry but I'm 110% behind the OC, no Bosch decision maker EVER used those appliances.

Well, I would extend that to most other manufacturers, I believe each one needs to show "something new" at the annual fair, and since - after all - there is not much to invent anymore in a dishwasher or a microwave, they add (senseless) features in the UI that only - say - 1% of users will ever use, inconveniencing the 99% of them.