The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10

It is labeled "Temperature Control"

Next to 1 it says "min"
Next to 10 it says "max"

Which setting will make it the coldest?

[hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com]

@futurebird It’s the number of minutes from the moment you close until the fan kicks in, like on toasters.

[jo@social.sublingual.xyz]

@futurebird Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle.

[aubrieta@social.tchncs.de]

@futurebird in case of a physical knob to turn: depending on which numer comes right after "off": this is the warmest. At the other side of the scale it is "coldest".

"Min" being "the minimum change of temperature compared to initial temperature/room temperature".

[llewelly@sauropods.win]

@futurebird the answer probably depends on the setting of the freezer knob, because that is classic UI design.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@futurebird this is a good poll.

[bk1e@mastodon.social]

@futurebird I think it’s helpful when there’s a legend that says something like:
5 initial setting
10 coldest

[gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org]

@futurebird

The logic of fridge marketers (because the designers made what was told them) is beyond any humane logic sense.

[jenesuispasgoth@pouet.chapril.org]

@futurebird I answered "1" because I assumed that "min" represents "minimal temperature," but if it means "minimal cold", then obviously it's the opposite*.

One more proof that "intuitive" is just another word for "something I'm already quite familiar with."

[hakona@im.alstadheim.no]

@futurebird Those should say "Effect" and min/max, or temp., with 1 and 10 switched.

[aerror@hub.volse.no]

@myrmepropagandist On my fridge highest setting is the coldest.

[silvermoon82@wandering.shop]

@futurebird
It makes me feel sad and arsoney.

[llewelly@sauropods.win]

@futurebird *for ancient UI design nerds, yes, this is a reference to a refrigerator knob issue described in Normans _The Design of Everyday Things_ , in which it turned out the refrigerator temp control knob was dependent on the setting of the freezer knob control in the attached freezer, which Norman presented as a design which seemed reasonable to an engineer, but produced dreadfully confusing behavior.

[wakame@tech.lgbt]

@silvermoon82 @futurebird

"Let's maximize the temperature minimization."

[django@social.coop]

@futurebird cursed, reminds me of @scottjenson toaster settings illustration problem

[owlyph@cosocial.ca]

@futurebird Interesting example of how people interpret stuff... I feel like they should have left the words off, the numbers were clear until the words unnecessarily complicated it.

[dewines@toot.wales]

@futurebird I have no idea, so would try setting it to 5 and hoping for the best.

[martinvermeer@fediscience.org]

@futurebird The proper temperature setting of a refrigerator is 5 degrees C. "Temperature Control" clearly determines how precisely this value is kept, the stiffness of the thermostat. The long-term mean temperature is not affected by the knob, just how much it wiggles around it.

I'll let myself out

[catmisgivings@stranger.social]

@futurebird I am uncommonly bad at this sort of thing. Is "turn the thermostat up" hotter or colder? And that's a situation where you just have to dial in how many degrees you want it to be

[gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org]

@evan @futurebird

It's like the "Define hot" meme.

Just yesterday I was complaining because the wire speed knob of my MIG welder doesn't express meters/second (but even versts/lunar month would be fine, I'm not so picky!) but just my password (how they know it? 1-2-3-4-5!).