Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Volume control
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2010–2026), in 4 threads.
People raised many different problems with Volume control, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Popup scrolls away so the close X must be scrolled back to2026-03-21
- Physical knob jumps discontinuously when the control's context changes2021-07-14
- Right-pointing arrow on button is mistaken for selection state and expands folders unexpectedly2021-07-14
- Text above the app store buttons is hard to read due to low contrast2015-07-21
- Volume slider metaphor confuses users, since websites use volume controls for sound, not update importance2010-02-09