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This looks like a very typical audio recording UI element. The bars are animated to the volume of the recorded audio. Helps the user see that the application is
by deathanatos 1y ago
This looks like a very typical audio recording UI element. The bars are animated to the volume of the recorded audio. Helps the user see that the application is picking up their mic.
It's a digital analog of a VU meter on a mixing console, though the UI has morphed over time. (Like that the lines vertically centered, vs. being on aligned bottom like you might see on a real-world meter.)
- Saris 1y agoMan at that point why not make it bigger and put a proper dB scale on it, at least it would be useful then.
- deathanatos 1y ago… because it doesn't need to be bigger…? The purpose is to convey that "hey, the audio equipment is working". I use these all day to debug things like "am I not recording, or is the other side's volume muted?" We need "videoconferencing" or "notetaking" app levels of accuracy; it's not a sound studio app? Not to mention how much dB as a unit freaks people out.
- Levitating 1y agoExcept that it's not an actual meter, it's just a fake animation.
- deathanatos 1y ago… we don't know this, and I'm willing to extend the article the benefit of the doubt, because it isn't relevant to the core of the article.