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> it's obvious when the video is muted or not (hopefully). It isn’t always obvious to me. Sometimes I can’t tell if a video player is muted vs the system volum

> it's obvious when the video is muted or not (hopefully). It isn’t always obvious to me. Sometimes I can’t tell if a video player is muted vs the system volume being low. There’s also the situation where a video is silent and I don’t know if I’m supposed to be hearing anything.

skydhash 3y ago
I think these conventions come from actual players like VHS and walkmans. The play, pause, stop,… where actual buttons and mute was an icon on the status display. Buttons are actions while icons are state. The rare case where there was a mute button, it was toggleable (or have a led on it) and these always reflect the state.
- dylan604 3y ago
  my memory of a Walkman had a wheel for volume but a mute button was not something I'm familiar on this device. see this image for reference: https://vintomatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Vintomatic_Walkman_3451.jpg https://vintomatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Vintomatic...
  - fireflash38 3y ago
    They frequently had a "click" at the end of the volume wheel that would fully mute.
    - dylan604 3y ago
      In my experience, that click also acted as power off.