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flat volume control patrick baudischmicrosoft research, visualization and interaction research john pruitt (microsoft user experience) steve ball (microsoft eHome) summary contents the problem: “my audio does not play!” flat volume control fixes this user interface design pilot study vs. Windows XP: preference user study: users 2x faster conclusions scenario (nobody I know) a look under the hood what was the OS thinking? when I dragged up the slider in the application, what did the system think I was trying to do? flat volume control replace volume slider with smart slider that knows about the volume control hierarchy keep visuals, but change semantics of the slider if application does not play, drag its slider user experience similar to automatic transmission auxiliary user interface:the control panel thecpl thumbwheel-based design slider-based design algorithm on load convert to flat volume top-down traversal: multiply by parent bottom-up traversal: maximum whenever user adjusts flat volumecopy to hardware volume top-down traversal: divide by parent causes the tight coupling optimizes signal-to-noise ratio deployment:legacy app in new OS can manage apps without volume control can’t animate slider in app application compatibility “shims” intercept getVolume() and setVolume() calls deployment:new app inlegacy OS app can run flat volume adjusting channel/mastermay have side effects flood mark sliderwarns of side effects pilot study user study pilot study goal: “are we on the right track?” interfaces: windows XP vs. flat volume longhorn mockup running three sounds sources seven participants with audio experience no training tasks: a walkthrough PC muted: unmute increase CD volume called them on phone, “turn down volume” restore volume repeat with other interface questionnaire to assess comprehension results discoverability of thumbwheel 6 out of 7 did not touch the wheel ? added animation to wheel subjective preference 7/7 preferr