its was only a matter of time......when Fl's first came out, no one wanted a window, they didn't care what went on inside, and then they changed their minds, suddenly they wanted to see what went on inside......same for dryers.......
but this window, or even on TL's, having the machine work with the lid open shows what is really happenning inside, rather than second guess, that it should be cleaning clothes effectively......that was my big deal about Maytags, the manufacturers claimed the lid switch to shut everything down was for safety only, but what it was doing was hiding how the machine performed under most loads, also explains why the lid button was hidden and hard to override, compared to all other machines out there!....
now were onto dishwashers, soon the whole door will be tempered glass, which would be a great look......
I am game for a fridge with a tempered glass windowed door, just like in the grocery store....that way I can see what I want to select before opening the door, wasting energy!