These gloriously atrocious volume control designs are sending me

pcgamer.com:

If you've ever grumbled about a terrible user interface, now's the time to take a step back and be thankful this lot aren't left to their own devices to design the UI for your favourite apps. 

We're admittedly late to the party, but we've just come across an old trend on the ProgrammerHumor(opens in new tab) subreddit from about six years ago that's had us laughing our collective butts off in the office—yeah, I know it's old but it's still news to us (via UXDesign(opens in new tab)). Sometimes falling under the BadUI tag, there's an entire sea of programmers up in here, designing the worst volume controls imaginable.

From morse code tappers, to latitude-based volume restrictions, and even microtransactions so you can purchase your desired volume for a short period of time, these have had us in stitches this morning. 

The latter design, I'm sure we're not far off in today's frankly dystopian approach to media, but let's not think about that. Here are the best designs we spotted, including some game based ones that will make your most frustrating run-ins with bad design seem like a walk in the park.

This Half Life bhop volume control(opens in new tab) from Markop1CZ may be one of the most obscure on the list, honestly. Frankly, encouraging players to bunnyhop in games is getting my back up, though I can imagine this as a useful reminder to give your acrobatics skill a boost in an Elder Scrolls game.

This fantastic Morse code volume control(opens in new tab) from user LinAGKarrequires a very specific skillset in order to get anywhere. Those with a knowledge of the inconspicuous 1830s telegraphic method need only tap out the word to input the required volume. 

This volume control from Maximuso tests your Curling