Please keep in mind that it is a Tiktok replacement - i.e. meant for mobile devices, as the vertical nature suggests. And mobile devices already have volume controls? Hence that is a “mute” button, not a volume control, and while the project is still in its early stages, I doubt that they would add that functionality bc it would introduce tension between the user’s natural inclination to hit their device volume knob rather than have to use the embedded control.
On the other hand, I see SO MANY people criticizing the lack of that feature, perhaps they should make the video player work slightly differently when viewed from a desktop? But is that really what people want - wouldn’t people on a desktop still not enjoy watching content on a vertical axis that was meant for a mobile screen?
It’s probably a cost to benefit trade-off that they have to make hard decisions on, given how few people are willing to devote their time in return for no remuneration to this project. Honestly I’m surprised that so many people on Lemmy of all places aren’t receptive to such a FOSS project in its early stages yet coming along so quickly.
I hope you don’t feel that I’m picking on you, just sharing my thoughts. Please feel free to respond however you like:-).
Yeah it’s all good. But it is not a mobile app, it’s a ‘web app’ able to be shared on desktops, so it needs a volume control.
They could disable the volume slider on mobile devices I suppose, they can link to the actual volume of the device anyway, so it would just be an alternative to pressing the buttons.
Yeah, that sounds like a good idea for a feature. But somebody would have to implement it first, and there’s so much else to do as well, it may be awhile until they get around to it.
Huh, I did not realize there were any apps. The web link works for me, in Firefox on Android. I wonder if you have a permissions problem and need to allow access to the speakers, but I am out of my element not having used iOS myself for a decade, though I wish you luck.🤞🍀
Please keep in mind that it is a Tiktok replacement - i.e. meant for mobile devices, as the vertical nature suggests. And mobile devices already have volume controls? Hence that is a “mute” button, not a volume control, and while the project is still in its early stages, I doubt that they would add that functionality bc it would introduce tension between the user’s natural inclination to hit their device volume knob rather than have to use the embedded control.
On the other hand, I see SO MANY people criticizing the lack of that feature, perhaps they should make the video player work slightly differently when viewed from a desktop? But is that really what people want - wouldn’t people on a desktop still not enjoy watching content on a vertical axis that was meant for a mobile screen?
It’s probably a cost to benefit trade-off that they have to make hard decisions on, given how few people are willing to devote their time in return for no remuneration to this project. Honestly I’m surprised that so many people on Lemmy of all places aren’t receptive to such a FOSS project in its early stages yet coming along so quickly.
I hope you don’t feel that I’m picking on you, just sharing my thoughts. Please feel free to respond however you like:-).
Yeah it’s all good. But it is not a mobile app, it’s a ‘web app’ able to be shared on desktops, so it needs a volume control.
They could disable the volume slider on mobile devices I suppose, they can link to the actual volume of the device anyway, so it would just be an alternative to pressing the buttons.
Yeah, that sounds like a good idea for a feature. But somebody would have to implement it first, and there’s so much else to do as well, it may be awhile until they get around to it.
Volume doesn’t work on my loops app. I get no sound at all
Huh, I did not realize there were any apps. The web link works for me, in Firefox on Android. I wonder if you have a permissions problem and need to allow access to the speakers, but I am out of my element not having used iOS myself for a decade, though I wish you luck.🤞🍀