Good UI design is about making the user’s life easier, except for these programmers on an informal Reddit competition, who are trying to make the worst possible volume slider they can think of.
NeoBytes:) is an occasional feature that takes a step back from the big headlines, to take a look at what else is happening in the vast, scary expanse of the tech world – often with a cynical eye, always with a dose of humour.
A bunch of no-good programmers on Reddit have nothing better to do with their time than to try and one-up their peers in the task of creating the worst, most annoying, and least intuitive volume slider they can think of. So, they’ve come up with a number of interesting concepts that’ll ensure you’ll want to pull out your hair before you’ll try to increase the volume.
It all started when a Redditor uploaded the following idea for a volume slider and then dared others to create the ‘best’ volume slider:
Soon after, a whole horde of programmers took him up on his challenge and came up with their own demented volume sliders. You can find some of the most interesting ones below.
For Physicists who love gravity and Hooke’s Law…who cars if the volume is always changing.
Want to increase the volume? Get a flight and move to another latitude.
What’s more fun than a game of snake?
Volumeware…for those who like to live on the edge.
You can check out these and many more concepts on the ProgrammerHumor subreddit here .
Via: The Next Web
