Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoThe media controls on my car. Previous & Next are Up & Down. Volume Up and Down is Right and Left.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageThe media controls on my car. Previous & Next are Up & Down. Volume Up and Down is Right and Left.lemmy.worldGhostalmedia@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareNate Cox@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThis layout makes sense if you have used an old school mp3 player or similar. Volume is left and right because it’s an analog of the volume bar on the screen. Up and down is previous and next because play was controlled by a list UI so you were moving a cursor up and down between songs. It’s not how I personally would prefer it, but it’s not as outlandish as it seems.
minus-squareAnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThank you for making this make more sense.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI still feel like this is sillt… I’ve owned a lot of mp3 players and none of them worked this way. Was this a zune thing or something?
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThat makes a lot of sense. I still hate it, but i understand the justification for it now.
This layout makes sense if you have used an old school mp3 player or similar.
Volume is left and right because it’s an analog of the volume bar on the screen.
Up and down is previous and next because play was controlled by a list UI so you were moving a cursor up and down between songs.
It’s not how I personally would prefer it, but it’s not as outlandish as it seems.
Thank you for making this make more sense.
I still feel like this is sillt… I’ve owned a lot of mp3 players and none of them worked this way. Was this a zune thing or something?
That makes a lot of sense. I still hate it, but i understand the justification for it now.