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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 oneeyedpigeon »

shric wrote: post #110
oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, thanks. That confirms I upvoted, but I think "vote" is a silly verb to use to convey the opposite of "down"!

I agree, but I struggle to think of a cleaner way without sacrificing the minimalist and mostly accessible theme. I love that there are no images, not even Unicode emojis, no ads, no side bars, etc.

"unup"? I know that sounds a bit weird, but I think the unambiguity still makes it better. "Unupvote" might be an alternative, if that's 'less weird'.

There are alternatives to a simple word change. For example, instead of hiding both arrows, it could just keep the one you pressed, but in grey.

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

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Post by driftnode »

tiltowait wrote: post #91

As I scrolled down, one of the animations started and brought up a subscription modal. "Okay, that one would be enraging," I thought, delighted, as I waited for the animation to loop. It didn't. It was the site's real subscription modal. I feel like there's a lesson in there.

The circular drag ones are genuinely worse than most of the joke submissions. At least the joke ones fail immediately. The knob UI works just well enough that you keep trying for 30 seconds before giving up.

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

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Post by HK-NC »

shric wrote: post #57
oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #56

Earlier 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

Theres onoy an Up button for me. I had no idea you could Down anyone here.

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

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Post by IAmBroom »

HK-NC wrote: post #116
shric wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is either an unvote or undown option once you’ve hit one

Theres onoy an Up button for me. I had no idea you could Down anyone here.

You need a certain amount of upvote points to be able to downvote. New users don't have that option.

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

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Post by jibal »

Rexxar wrote: post #79
jibal wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could try reading the TFA, and understanding that my comment was a joke (referring to Spinal Tap, of course) about those UIs, not a request for a knob with 11 divisions. Your knobs inspired by Spinal Tap have nothing to do with "the worst volume control UI in the world", about which the only thing I'm (jokily) concerned is whether they go up to 11, implying that having a horrible UI isn't relevant to me, only goi…

Did you have envisioned the possibility that your were the one that have missed other people joke ?

It was my joke, at the top of this thread and the only one in this thread. Have you considered the possibility that you have no idea what is going on here (your lack of fluency in English is a likely factor) and that you have no business poking your nose into it, person who is attacking me with a hostile rhetorical question for no good reason? The fact is that I do put quite a bit of effort into being sure that I understand the context--a lot more effort than you and others here have.
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