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I can see how this one might be confusing- https://grumpy.website/post/0Vp0pSilq https://grumpy.website/post/0Vp0pSilq but the site is misrepresenting the stat
by jackson1442 5y ago
I can see how this one might be confusing- https://grumpy.website/post/0Vp0pSilq https://grumpy.website/post/0Vp0pSilq
but the site is misrepresenting the state. That user's state is still "muted," the red line indicates that it is a client side mute (so the user who checked the mute box can't hear them, but everyone else can) while the mute icon without a red line indicates that the other user has muted themselves; they're not transmitting audio.
There is a third state- Server Mutes turn the entire mute icon red and is a "far-end" mute. No one in the voice channel can hear that user and the user probably can't unmute themselves.
Looking more at the site I feel like the point it's trying to convey would be much stronger if it went for a quality over quantity approach and/or proposed solutions to some of these problems. A lot of them seem to almost intentionally miss the point of the UI.
For example, the airpods post[0] notes, "Want to listen to the podcast on your iPhone while playing a game on your iPad? Well tough luck using your AirPods for that," which is just completely false.
Sticking to posts like this[1][2] would lead to a much higher quality website imo.
[0]: https://grumpy.website/post/0VaJdRL-y https://grumpy.website/post/0VaJdRL-y
[1]: https://grumpy.website/post/0VlYhfUMg https://grumpy.website/post/0VlYhfUMg
[2]: https://grumpy.website/post/0VfEvLg0j https://grumpy.website/post/0VfEvLg0j
- mixedCase 5y agoThe Discord mute icon having three states is no excuse for it being bad. Unmuted -> The mic, no diagonal line. User muted -> Red diagonal line. Server muted -> Could be the muted icon with a lock next to it; or the diagonal red line replaced by vertical bars like a jail cell; or even a cross instead of a diagonal, maybe within a circle for further distinction.
- jackson1442 5y agoThose are still three states with just different shapes. If you hover the symbol it tells you what it is and if that changed it to your system tomorrow I’d still need to hover to figure out what everything means. Unless replaced by text, I don’t see how changing the icons that all mean some form of “muted” really does anything.