I know what you are referring to, but I would say no. Not like that at all.
The ideal climate control interface should never even have to be looked at. It should just know what to do with your heating/cooling equipment to make your house comfortable.
A ideal TV interface should help you do a lot of things, and ideally be fast in the process.
(The article was down while I was writing this comment, but cable equipment and TVs drive me nuts.)
>A ideal TV interface should help you do a lot of things,
That's kind of a judgement call - there's nothing wrong with a minimal interface that does what you want it to and nothing more.
Kind of like Chrome as a browser - Google's big thing with its design was minimal and out of your way, so you can focus on the web page (the reason you're running the browser in the first place).
The ideal climate control interface should never even have to be looked at. It should just know what to do with your heating/cooling equipment to make your house comfortable.
A ideal TV interface should help you do a lot of things, and ideally be fast in the process.
(The article was down while I was writing this comment, but cable equipment and TVs drive me nuts.)