http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/08/11/more-on-vista-volume-mixer/ writer * designer * technologist Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:46:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/08/11/more-on-vista-volume-mixer/comment-page-1/#comment-38575 Submit Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:57:12 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/08/11/more-on-vista-volume-mixer/#comment-38575 It's been 3 years since the Vista team created this issue and still no fix released. Flash applications opening in browsers are particularly alarming. There is no way to turn them down before they open without turning all of your applications down. It’s been 3 years since the Vista team created this issue and still no fix released. Flash applications opening in browsers are particularly alarming. There is no way to turn them down before they open without turning all of your applications down.

]]> http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/08/11/more-on-vista-volume-mixer/comment-page-1/#comment-31945 Edgeman Sat, 30 May 2009 15:41:35 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/08/11/more-on-vista-volume-mixer/#comment-31945 I left a comment on the previous entry about this, but yes, this is not well thought out and does not even work properly. I left a comment on the previous entry about this, but yes, this is not well thought out and does not even work properly.

]]> http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/08/11/more-on-vista-volume-mixer/comment-page-1/#comment-19894 Tibor Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:30:17 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/08/11/more-on-vista-volume-mixer/#comment-19894 I found both articles informative even though not resolved. My question is: did anyone reported this to MS team? I found both articles informative even though not resolved.
My question is: did anyone reported this to MS team?

]]> http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/08/11/more-on-vista-volume-mixer/comment-page-1/#comment-14737 Mall Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:05:19 +0000 http://www.walterglenn.com/2007/08/11/more-on-vista-volume-mixer/#comment-14737 That's a nice theory, but it doesn't remember relative settings for most applications either. All but a few instantiate at the same level as the speaker volume. The worst offenders are IE, Firefox, Opera, K-Meleon, Seamonkey, Safari, and Flock, but various other applications not intended for multimedia have their little beeps and error sounds that blow you away too. I've got the ringing eardrums to prove it. The new mixer is basically a painfully partially implemented concept that could have been thought out better before adding it to a non-beta version of windows. They could have at the least allowed you to set a default sound to speaker volume ratio for new application processes, if not a maximum default fixed volume for new processes. You either have to have the speakers volume down so low you can't control audio adequately from within your multimedia applications, or have your volume up high so you can control it from your multimedia applications and be prepared for ear pain when a new application is instantiated and finds some reason to make sounds...applications with startup sounds are particularly annoying because you can't turn the volume down until the process is running so you have to take your ear drum blast each time before turning the volume down or muting them. That’s a nice theory, but it doesn’t remember relative settings for most applications either. All but a few instantiate at the same level as the speaker volume. The worst offenders are IE, Firefox, Opera, K-Meleon, Seamonkey, Safari, and Flock, but various other applications not intended for multimedia have their little beeps and error sounds that blow you away too. I’ve got the ringing eardrums to prove it. The new mixer is basically a painfully partially implemented concept that could have been thought out better before adding it to a non-beta version of windows. They could have at the least allowed you to set a default sound to speaker volume ratio for new application processes, if not a maximum default fixed volume for new processes. You either have to have the speakers volume down so low you can’t control audio adequately from within your multimedia applications, or have your volume up high so you can control it from your multimedia applications and be prepared for ear pain when a new application is instantiated and finds some reason to make sounds…applications with startup sounds are particularly annoying because you can’t turn the volume down until the process is running so you have to take your ear drum blast each time before turning the volume down or muting them.

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