CharlotteTheHarlot, 2013-12-04 01:37 »
There is another fucking insane GUI out there for a PoS media player called
Soundcloud ...

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That is a screencap of its appearance in this page here ...
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/musi ... inds-blow/As an embedded gadget it seems to be used for audio tracks only. Notice they use a waveform as its selling point, as an "Oh wow" feature we just had to have, but leaving out any possibility of a friggin volume control. Most of the time it is preset to blasting levels meaning that you now have to quickly grab the speaker volume control ( if it has one ) or worse, find the stupid hidden Windows icon.
Arrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhh!

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Google shows a lot of hits from people asking for it, and though I can't find the exact page now, there was a thread where one of the asshole developers explained how good this bug, I mean feature was. Just like Microsoft dickheads.
They also have a webpage version which preceded the widget I guess, and it also is a clusterfuck. One page at Reddit is called "
After all this time, I've finally found the volume control on Soundcloud!" ...
http://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresti ... he_volume/... and supplies this image as a helpful guide ...

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Kill all these bastard child "programmers" with fire! An audio player without a volume control!

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There is another fucking insane GUI out there for a PoS media player called [b]Soundcloud[/b] ... [attachment=3]Soundcloud.jpg[/attachment]
That is a screencap of its appearance in this page here ...
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/music_and_videos/premiere-michael-schenker-where-the-wild-winds-blow/
As an embedded gadget it seems to be used for audio tracks only. Notice they use a waveform as its selling point, as an "Oh wow" feature we just had to have, but leaving out any possibility of a friggin volume control. Most of the time it is preset to blasting levels meaning that you now have to quickly grab the speaker volume control ( if it has one ) or worse, find the stupid hidden Windows icon. [b]Arrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhh![/b] [attachment=2]Smiley_Anger_Throwing_[Mdl].gif[/attachment]
Google shows a lot of hits from people asking for it, and though I can't find the exact page now, there was a thread where one of the asshole developers explained how good this bug, I mean feature was. Just like Microsoft dickheads.
They also have a webpage version which preceded the widget I guess, and it also is a clusterfuck. One page at Reddit is called "[b]After all this time, I've finally found the volume control on Soundcloud![/b]" ...
http://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/139f0z/after_all_this_time_ive_finally_found_the_volume/
... and supplies this image as a helpful guide ...
[attachment=0]aXy8V.png[/attachment]
Kill all these bastard child "programmers" with fire! An audio player without a volume control! [attachment=1]People_Face-Palm_Collection.gif[/attachment]