My ideal would be two knobs and an illuminated push button.
The push button is "mute", illuminated when mute is enabled.
One knob is the standard toaster-oven style "twist to desired time", the other a power level knob (with minimum being a special for defrost).
Unfortunately, it's not going to happen, and for a very simple reason: cost. It costs less to do those stupid little membrane switches than discrete knobs / buttons.
My "good enough" would be separate 1s / 5s / 15s / 1m / 5m buttons. Where you press the button, it adds the time. Like how some timers work. And a dedicated mute button, and easy indication of if you are muted.
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My ideal would be two knobs and an illuminated push button.
The push button is "mute", illuminated when mute is enabled.
One knob is the standard toaster-oven style "twist to desired time", the other a power level knob (with minimum being a special for defrost).
Unfortunately, it's not going to happen, and for a very simple reason: cost. It costs less to do those stupid little membrane switches than discrete knobs / buttons.
My "good enough" would be separate 1s / 5s / 15s / 1m / 5m buttons. Where you press the button, it adds the time. Like how some timers work. And a dedicated mute button, and easy indication of if you are muted.