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The UI on my (modern) washing machine is just staggeringly dire. Has anybody gone all iPhone on this problem yet? Do consumers not care?

#1 6:47pm Mar 25th 2013 via Tweetbot for iOS

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@tomstuart buyer from Curry's told me once with a shrug: "machines with 3 buttons sell, machines with 2 or more than don't."

#2 7:05pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for Android in reply to tomstuart

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@iamdanw @tomstuart like the way phones are sold by people in Carphone Warehouse?

#4 7:08pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for Mac in reply to iamdanw

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@iamdanw @tomstuart People who pay GBP 600 for an unlocked iPhone but can't buy a comparable washing machine.

#6 7:14pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for Mac in reply to iamdanw

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@hondanhon @tomstuart @iamdanw 1. washing symbols. 2. This and the Internet fridge are the real stories of pervasive tech industry sexism.

#7 7:35pm Mar 25th 2013 via Echofon in reply to hondanhon

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The Internet fridge is a feminist issue.

#8 7:36pm Mar 25th 2013 via Echofon

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@mildlydiverting @tomstuart @iamdanw Washing symbols are stupid and not everything uses them and tags are always in different places.

#9 7:36pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for Mac in reply to mildlydiverting

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@hondanhon @tomstuart @iamdanw They're standardised though. A row of buttons with the symbols. Press the ones on the label. Bam.

#10 7:38pm Mar 25th 2013 via Echofon in reply to hondanhon

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@hondanhon @tomstuart @iamdanw Reminds you my Mum's degree is in Home Economics and Laundry Science. This used to be a thing that mattered

#11 7:40pm Mar 25th 2013 via Echofon in reply to hondanhon

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@mildlydiverting @hondanhon @tomstuart @iamdanw Sexism? Other terrible Uis: digi cameras, printers, TVs, digi pianos, the digi radio we have

#12 8:58pm Mar 25th 2013 via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to mildlydiverting

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@philgyford @mildlydiverting @tomstuart @iamdanw nod. They're all shit. Not just the ones the men think the women use.

#13 9:07pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to philgyford

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@mildlydiverting @tomstuart @iamdanw so why aren't the buttons like that? Why the stupid spinny thing? Why can't I just so a spin cycle?

#14 9:08pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to mildlydiverting

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@hondanhon @philgyford @mildlydiverting @tomstuart @iamdanw FWIW the UI on my Bosch washing machine is excellent. So, er, there.

#15 9:18pm Mar 25th 2013 via TweetDeck in reply to hondanhon

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@rachelcoldicutt @philgyford @mildlydiverting @tomstuart @iamdanw I bet it's not.

#16 9:20pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for Mac in reply to rachelcoldicutt

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@hondanhon @rachelcoldicutt @philgyford @mildlydiverting @tomstuart @iamdanw are you lot going to start talking about hoovers in a minute?

#17 9:21pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter Web Client in reply to hondanhon

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@richardayers @hondanhon @rachelcoldicutt @philgyford @mildlydiverting @iamdanw I think we’d better book Conway Hall for the rest of this.

#18 9:22pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter Web Client in reply to richardayers

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@tomstuart @richardayers @hondanhon @rachelcoldicutt @philgyford @mildlydiverting @iamdanw did someone ring?

#19 9:24pm Mar 25th 2013 via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to tomstuart

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@hondanhon @mildlydiverting @tomstuart @iamdanw Because it used to be mechanically necessary and is now standard. C/f QWERTY. (a guess)

#20 9:35pm Mar 25th 2013 via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to hondanhon

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@philgyford @hondanhon @mildlydiverting @iamdanw I like the knob on my oven that controls the temperature, but not the one that sets a mode.

#21 9:37pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter Web Client in reply to philgyford

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@tobybarnes @tomstuart @richardayers @hondanhon @rachelcoldicutt @philgyford @mildlydiverting @iamdanw all twitter threads tend towards conf

#22 9:37pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to tobybarnes

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@lazyatom @tobybarnes @tomstuart @richardayers @hondanhon @rachelcoldicutt @mildlydiverting @iamdanw Once no room for tweet, we have quorum.

#23 9:38pm Mar 25th 2013 via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to lazyatom

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@philgyford @antimega @lazyatom @tobybarnes @richardayers @hondanhon @rachelcoldicutt @mildlydiverting @iamdanw @beng @nickludlam @tomafro ✓

#25 9:42pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter Web Client in reply to philgyford

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@blech @antimega @mildlydiverting @tomstuart @iamdanw Ahahahahaha. #whitegoodscon bingo.

#29 9:45pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for Mac in reply to blech

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@antimega @blech @mildlydiverting @tomstuart @iamdanw @brrd and I have international clothing edge case situation. Laundry at ours is a mess

#31 9:45pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for Mac in reply to antimega

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@tomstuart my washing machine is awesome. Even I can use it. pic.twitter.com/8xoYbXuDSE

#34 9:49pm Mar 25th 2013 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to tomstuart

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