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The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)

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Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)

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Post by beezischillin »

machello13 wrote: post #47
beezischillin wrote: post #21

The iPhone lovingly reducing the volume claiming to protect your hearing (a feature that seems impossible to disable even after changing the phone’s region) as an added iOS 14 feature was a volume control “option” that I found annoying and insanely unsafe. I don’t even think there was initially an option to disable it for specific outputs. The best part was at that stage when it kept nearly muting itself in my car wh…

Which regions have this? I'm in the US and haven't seen it.

I’m in the EU (unsurprisingly). More specifically it’s this feature: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211903

See also: https://piunikaweb.com/2021/01/28/ios-14-2-update-disables-o...

“Reduce loud sounds automatically“ cannot be turned off here, not even if you change your region. The only real solution is to keep classifying Bluetooth sound outputs and lighting adapters manually when you connect a new one. I’m fairly certain that even that feature was added in after they implemented the main automatic volume limit thingy because I remember looking through every option and forum for a solution. It for me annoyed enough that I was considering going back to Android at that time.

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Post by [deleted] »

fiddlerwoaroof wrote: post #32
arriu wrote: post #15

The one asking the user to make noise as loud as you want the volume to be made me laugh but it does have a hidden feature... It will never be lower than ambiant noise. Perhaps a desireable feature?

Some sort of “set to X decibels louder than ambient noise” feature would be pretty amazing, actually.

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Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)

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Post by icedchai »

deaddodo wrote: post #51
webwielder2 wrote: post #4

Apple won this back in 1999: https://i.imgur.com/V9WQ8Gc.png

Might be useful if you pointed out what you’re referring to. I assume it’s the little volume control on QuickTime player?

It took me more than a few seconds to even find the control. I guess that's why it's so bad!

Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)

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Post by 13of40 »

I just ran into one of these. I just got a Garmin Fenix Pro 6 watch, and it has a Spotify client on it. Just create a playlist on your phone or computer, then download and play it from your watch with Bluetooth. Sweet! Unfortunately it autoplays, seems to set the volume way too high by default, and while the volume control is a regular slider, it takes a minimum of four button presses across three different buttons around the perimeter of the watch to reduce it. So think "Crap that's loud-press up, press down, press enter, press down..." and all the while your eardrums are being blasted out. And god help you if you deviate from the sequence and have to back out to try again.

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Post by neilpanchal »

stefan_ wrote: post #36

I think the worst UI is simply the Teams one, because it presents as an app volume control but then simply controls the global device volume . Fuck off, you are not the only app running. But that comes second to the microphone gain control, which Teams similarly exerts unilateral control over - only this time through an automated algorithm that for some microphone types just ends up muting them entirely. It's wild, y…

But wait! there's more (Google Meet and Microsoft Teams): https://neil.computer/notes/oh-sorry-i-was-on-mute/

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Post by perryizgr8 »

deaddodo wrote: post #51
webwielder2 wrote: post #4

Apple won this back in 1999: https://i.imgur.com/V9WQ8Gc.png

Might be useful if you pointed out what you’re referring to. I assume it’s the little volume control on QuickTime player?

Yes, it was extremely difficult to adjust accurately.

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Post by parsecs »

bllguo wrote: post #57
parsecs wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It might be due to your headphones, if they're particularly low resistance.

that's interesting, so it's related to the device. seems obvious in retrospect. still, I swap between 3 daily (bulky headphones, earphones, and wireless earbuds) and have the same complaint for all of them. just a coincidence?

Probably not? When I use my headphones with my laptop, 10% system volume and 100% app volume is about comparable to 80% volume (ish) on my iPhone 6S.

Evidently there isn't much standardization between devices. Personally I don't find it that annoying - devices remember what volume I last set them to.

Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)

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Post by bookaway »

stefan_ wrote: post #36

I think the worst UI is simply the Teams one, because it presents as an app volume control but then simply controls the global device volume . Fuck off, you are not the only app running. But that comes second to the microphone gain control, which Teams similarly exerts unilateral control over - only this time through an automated algorithm that for some microphone types just ends up muting them entirely. It's wild, y…

Teams, Google Meet, Webex, Zoom -- on Chromium, they all hijack and increase your microphone volume without you knowing. It's infuriating. Just thinking about it pisses me off. You have to have the volume control open and have a live tug-of-war with the app while you're talking.

Firefox, either intentionally or unintentionally, does not let Meet do this. I say Meet, because none of the others work on Firefox anyway.

But the recent Meet update is broken on Firefox, so yeah, there goes that.

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