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runjakeyesterday at 8:01 PM0 repliesview on HN

This is the kind of design I'd expect from Ive: it is designed to look nice. Ease-of-use is another story.

There's a lack of consistency on the wheel controls that make this look more like a UX showcase rather than a usable interface.

Case in point:

- A bunch of rotary knob that perform the same function: to select. But, they all look different and use different ways to represent the selection.

- Some have a lighted indicator, some have a notch, and some are completely ambiguous.

- The 2, 1, *, 0 switch has a hole in it to indicate the currently selected option.

- The plastic surrounding this is is mere millimeters of thickness and I would expect it to break off within a decade.