I tried to buy one with physical knobs but was told that the manufacturers who make them are moving to the touch controls.
So I’m going back to gas.
I'm mad at the thing just writing this!
That's exactly what happened to me while staying in a serviced apartment. It's hilarious, ridiculous, and sad all at the same time. As a software developer I died a little inside that day. Fortunately I haven't had to put up with that crap once I checked out of there.
With mine moving the pan on the wrong plate will trigger a lock button, in other words it locks the whole interface. So even if you want to switch the whole thing off you first have to press a button that's now as hot as your pan.
There's no escaping horrible user interfaces.
At least i hope not, I wouldn't be surprised to find a cooker controlled by a phone style touch screen running Android.