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• iPhone Peeve #1: That Damn Volume Slider

  2 years ago

  So, why do we need that volume slider everywhere?

  

  Does anyone ever use it? I know I don’t. The iPhone has actual physical buttons for controlling the volume. When I take a quick glance at my iPhone to check on the music, I am never interested in what volume I’m playing at. I want to know the progress of the current track, and how many tracks are in the current album/playlist.

  

  That progress bar at the top there? That’s what I want. And the only way to find it is in the detailed view in the iPod app. Why can’t I have it in place of the ubiquitous yet useless volume slider?

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So what’s all this then

My name is Arne Martin Aurlien. I run this thing. Here’s a few facts about me:

• I work as some kind of software developer at Boost Communications
• I write HTML and Javascript and PHP also other things
• I like HTML5 and jQuery
• I live in Trondheim, Norway
• I have Veronicaa wife
• I’m on Twitter
• I’m also on GitHub
• Send me an am@aurlien.nete-mail

Here’s a few things I have made:

• Piknik: A pretty, jQuery-based color picker webapp thing
• Flickable.js: A Javascript-library for creating flickable image galleries on touch-enabled devices
• SafariKeywordSearch: A Safari extension for keyword search
• Some pretty flowers
• The Bacon Pie