The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
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Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#2I just want to be able to get to 11.
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#3Beautiful, forgot about this one. The precursor to some of neal.fun's creations.
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#4I once worked for a mainstream headphone manufacturer who added a volume control to a product that was so widely despised that a special firmware release had to be done to disable it completely, or else the returns bin would overflow almost overnight ..
So this had me chuckling so hard, having worked professionally in the pro audio world for decades - I can say that some of these 'solutions' would actually be accepted in certain market segments .. I especially love the designs which use a built-in accelerometer.
It seems the good ol' knob is not going anywhere any time soon.
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#5I'd add the volume control for Quicktime 4. A dial that you had to use a mouse to use.
http://hallofshame.gp.co.at/qtime.htm
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previously
763 points by yankcrime on July 13, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 477 comments
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#6I'd add the volume control for Quicktime 4. A dial that you had to use a mouse to use. http://hallofshame.gp.co.at/qtime.htm EDIT: previously 763 points by yankcrime on July 13, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 477 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27819384
Ah yes, skeuomorphic design, where you take something that's a physical artefact of the hardware and force-fit it onto an utterly different device on which it makes no sense whatsoever.
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#7I just want to be able to get to 11.