macOS has its own share of UI quirks too. The volume slider is fine, but app management is surprisingly bad for a platform that prides itself on UX. There's still no native way to quit all apps at once, and Activity Monitor feels stuck in 2005. Small UI tools that just get one thing right tend to stick around.
The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
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Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#52Every now and then I get these hilarious volume control videos on TikTok. They show the most horrible ways for doing volume control One example (you need to play tic tac toe to set the volume) https://www.tiktok.com/@vivancodes/video/7612511893340671240 It seems like that account has quite a few more too
Tic Tac Toe is hilarious
Since it's on TikTok it should be renamed Tik Tok Toe
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#53I feel like it‘s in bad taste to turn a reddit thread into a blog post with zero added value instead of just linking to the thread.
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#54I think the one with 100 checkboxes with each for a given volume gives direct access to the level of volume you want. Mad, but usable.
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#55Too bad the article is from 2017 because it's missing a major one: Sonos iOS app.
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#56I get it's not the same thing but I wish iOS had lower volume settings. As it is, if 100% is max volume then the difference between 0 and unit above 0 on iPhones is about 30% volume. Like, in the middle of the night when everything is quiet, if I was the set it on the lowest setting and make some game sounds I could hear it 2 rooms away with doors open. But, Apple decided you don't need to set it below 30%. Maybe the…
I upvoted you - at least, I hope I did. HN's vote buttons have such poor UX that a) it's difficult to hit the right button b) it's impossible to know, after doing so, whether you even hit the right button!
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#57I get it's not the same thing but I wish iOS had lower volume settings. As it is, if 100% is max volume then the difference between 0 and unit above 0 on iPhones is about 30% volume. Like, in the middle of the night when everything is quiet, if I was the set it on the lowest setting and make some game sounds I could hear it 2 rooms away with doors open. But, Apple decided you don't need to set it below 30%. Maybe the…
I upvoted you - at least, I hope I did. HN's vote buttons have such poor UX that a) it's difficult to hit the right button b) it's impossible to know, after doing so, whether you even hit the right button!
There is either an unvote or undown option once you’ve hit one
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#58macOS has its own share of UI quirks too. The volume slider is fine, but app management is surprisingly bad for a platform that prides itself on UX. There's still no native way to quit all apps at once, and Activity Monitor feels stuck in 2005. Small UI tools that just get one thing right tend to stick around.
MacOS requires there to be an App as First Responder - what app should be that if you quit all apps?
The nearest that makes sense is Log Out.
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
I upvoted you - at least, I hope I did. HN's vote buttons have such poor UX that a) it's difficult to hit the right button b) it's impossible to know, after doing so, whether you even hit the right button!
There is either an unvote or undown option once you’ve hit one
Ah, thanks. That confirms I upvoted, but I think "vote" is a silly verb to use to convey the opposite of "down"!
Re: The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)
#60How about the most depraved volume control design of all: the actual reddit web video player (at least the embedded player on old.reddit)? The slider is hidden by default. Hovering the volume icon makes the slider appear. There is margin between the icon and slider, though, so you have to quickly "zip" your mouse across this gap/chasm before the slider disappears. If you make it over to the slider in time, your hover…
That’s actually a really common implementation failure across all platforms. It crops up again and again, in virtually every new thing that people implement. It’s very common to see this problem when you activate a submenu of a menu, and want to move the mouse diagonally to pick some item from the submenu.