2. Project idea (What will the system do? What are the usability requirements?)

In addition to its obvious/general purpose of heating food, our microwave aims at making the user’s life as easy as possible and minimizing user frustration. A second goal is to design the microwave’s user interface in a way that makes it intuitive on a global scale.

Taking the different user groups into consideration, our microwave is going to have the following features:

- recognition of buttons by touch/sound

- clear/simple interface, not overloaded with unnecessary buttons

- “ready” sound alternative for deaf people –> button flashing?

- larger + fewer buttons for users with dexterity/memory issues

- new door opening meachanism –> slide/pop-open on touch door?

- start = one tap / stop = two taps??

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