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Sure but it's still a bad design. If the device ever loses power, or restarts for any reason while the mute is engaged an informed user must accept a non-zero
by aeternum 6y ago
Sure but it's still a bad design. If the device ever loses power, or restarts for any reason while the mute is engaged an informed user must accept a non-zero probability that their privacy was invaded.
I have wireless headphones that work like this and it's a terrible design. If they go out of range temporarily, they unmute. It makes the 'hardware' mute functionality absolutely useless since it cannot be relied upon to stay muted.
- mlyle 6y agoShort of a switch that is sticky when powered off, or a design that comes up muted... or excessive wizardry to persist state, this is non-negotiable, though.
- aeternum 6y agoPhysical switches for mute are underrated, think of all the conference call time that could be saved (and embarrassing moments avoided) if laptops had physical mute switches.
- ashtonkem 6y agoSlider switch solves this problem. They're well known for maintaining their state between reboots.
- astura 6y ago>switch that is sticky when powered off This is a long solved problem, a lever switch. Laptops (usually enterprise laptops) sometimes have them to turn on/off wireless communication. https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/34956/who-needs-an-external-on-off-wi-fi-button/34958 https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/34956/who-needs-an-ex...