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Chris,
They could've made it longer, if, tey'd wanted to, by adding a bleach/stain remover/starch compartment to the other main compartments.
Personally, if it were me designing these servis machines, I'd've incorporated drum paddles that incorporated the detergent/softener dispensers, in the drum paddles, allowing extra space on the fascia for more LCD's or feature buttons, etc.
If you're interested, email me, & I'll email you some of my designs.
CJ