Object I Love – Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Bluetooth Mouse
I have used this mouse or some variation of it for a few years. it is connected via wireless receiver and comes paired with a keyboard.
On of my favourite features is hidden on the blue Microsoft button, pressing on it brings up the start menu. But swiping your thumb up or down navigates you back and forth on folders and webpages. When you successfully complete this action the mouse slightly vibrates . This vibration feature provides great feedback, and it makes it clear that an action has occurred. I’m not sure many read their mouses instruction booklet (do they even come with one anymore?) but I also love the discoverablity of the feature. It actually brought me joy to figure out this useful feature without scrolling through pages of instructions or working with the mouse for month and months to learn how to use it.
The indentation next to the blue button, slight indentation on the left and right click button affords and ergonomic hand positioning.
Object I Hate – Demonic Stove
I’m not going to discuss mapping, i think we all know the issues surrounding the stove controls and all the guesswork using them entails. My issue is the lighting function and the gas flow controls. can turn the control three-hundred sixty degrees, turning in one direction to the same end point as the other direction does the same thing. None of my action are properly constrained. I have at least once turned the nob in the wrong direction saw no gas fire and assumed it was off. Sadly, it was not, and I was only able to tell after sensing the ambient room temperature after a few hours. There are not physical constraints or barriers.
This awful stove also has provide me with false feedback, I hear the “tick tick tick” of the pilot light even when the burner is fully lit. Is the pilot still on? Do I need to turn the nob a little more to turn it off?