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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 displa

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.