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The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)

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Post by ljm »

phreack wrote: post #196
koyote wrote: post #178

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> Paste a code block. Select a word in the code block. Copy and you get the whole block copied not the selected word. I feel like this used to work properly until a month or so ago. The worst bug I've seen, and this is also something that only started happening in the last several months, is select messages simply not appearing! So basically I open my computer in the morning and look at Teams and it'll have messages…

I've had that happen on Slack mobile so much I just don't trust it anymore. I always tell people (even if it seems counterintuitive) to email me when things are urgent because very rarely (or not, since I can't tell), it's decided not to show me critical messages.

I get that a lot. A DM arrives, there's a red blob with a number next to the sender's name, but the actual message doesn't appear.

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Post by manmal »

deergomoo wrote: post #280
manmal wrote: post #194

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Also, please make an M1-native version ASAP. Teams is my second worst app when it comes to memory pressure.

I don't think an M1 version would make much difference. It's just a horrifically bloated, sluggish garbage fire. VS Code and Teams are at complete opposite ends of the spectrum for what an Electron app can be.

Fair enough.

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Post by prox »

srswtf123 wrote: post #84
mianos wrote: post #48

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Teams is the reference for bad UI. Paste a code block. Select a word in the code block. Copy and you get the whole block copied not the selected word. I could write a page of the issues like this. Maybe it would not be so bad if you only used Teams but when you use slack at the same time it is like someone is wacking you in the back of the head every few minutes.

Ever used Lotus Notes? http://hallofshame.gp.co.at/lotus.htm

What the heck! What were these “designers” having when they made that monstrosity? Hahaha.

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Post by RubberbandSoul »

Zak wrote: post #97
grawprog wrote: post #41

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The worst is newer versions of android. You turn it up full, suddenly it's down to 3/4's full again and you have to acknowledge you want to turn it up, then turn it up again. If the headphones unplug, you gotta turn it up again. The same thing happens with brightness too. Turn it up full, suddenly, down to 3/4's again until you acknowledge yes, you really do actually want to turn your brightness up full. The first ti…

The first couple documented solutions for the volume warning on my new rooted Android phone didn't appear to have any effect. The volume warning is required by EU regulations, so it's hard to blame the OS maker for that. I do, however blame Google for increasingly trying to discourage rooting and providing facilities to app makers to prevent their apps from running on rooted devices. They could, however have implemen…

I sometimes wonder how much of a computer setup is actually legal from a regulatory perspective? I have tinnitus in one ear so I usually set the volume balance on a system to 40-60 to spare it.

However in Windows this is broken for Bluetooth headsets and it's been a known bug since forever. Last time I checked they didn't fix it and it doesn't seem to be a priority.

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Post by vultour »

Groxx wrote: post #82
tedd4u wrote: post #77

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Yes the touchbar slider is heinously bad. If my memory serves, you have to first tap one area to get a slider to appear and then slide that. I got the Air instead of the Pro basically for the hardware brightness / volume keys and lack of Touch Bar. It’s such a relief to use these keys without taking eyes off the screen and to not accidentally tap something on the Touch Bar that breaks flow. By the way, I think you ca…

As a hater of hidden UI like Apple has been obsessed with for several years (force touch, most of the touchbar, edge swiping (as convenient as it can be sometimes), etc): there is a way, but why would you ever try it: Touch-and-drag on the volume buttons to immediately drop into a volume slider, relative to where your finger started. It's a pretty nice interaction, honestly - better in most ways than the buttons alon…

You can also quickly swipe over the volume button in either direction to increase/decrease the volume, works for brightness as well.

Personally I don't have a terrible aversion to the touchbar, but my biggest gripe is that my right hand naturally rests in a position that randomly presses the mute button.

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Post by bennyp101 »

Lurkars wrote: post #216
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…

Also nice that it controls playback of other apps. Intended as a nice feature: your listening to music, accept incoming call, music stops, hang up, music starts again. Sounds nice, in practise it starts randomly music during calls. Or you stopped music for hours, accepting a low level call and raise your volume,hang up and get blasted away by your loud music starting to play.

Yea, if I have Spotify paused - having not listened to it all day - after a call it starts it playing again.

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Post by cunthorpe »

gumby wrote: post #124
chrisseaton wrote: post #104

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Does seem odd they couldn't have squeezed another switch in there, or let you lower volume with the switch in one ear and raise it with the switch in the other ear.

Crying out for a slider interface like the unlamented Touch Bar. The stems are long enough for the gesture (not absolute positioning).

Time to bring back the click wheel via earring or nipple accessory.

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

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Post by cunthorpe »

bborud wrote: post #292

Apple's volume control is pretty bad in macOS is pretty bad now. I didn't think they could mess up that corner of the UI, but they did.

Indeed. Funny to see this article pop up now because I've been considering the purchase of a USB volume knob for this exact reason.

The Touch Bar volume control is almost right except it's too damn slow. Dragging the volume button works, but the control doesn't start for another 500ms. Try touching it and immediately swiping all the way left, the finger will leave the bar before the control opens. Sigh.

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Post by skinkestek »

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…

The +4 people icon still gets me after a year as I click it to see who else is in the meeting.

Luckily it doesn't do anything bad, it just does nothing.

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