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I used to work with a "GUI Expert" who designed everything like the 100-radio-button example, except that he didn't line anything up.

I'd look at something he'd done with controls snaking left and right as you scanned down the dialog, and I'd (sigh to myself internally, and) say "OK, go ahead and clean it up and check it in", and he'd look confused and ask "clean what up?"

He was actually UI blind in the same way some people are face blind...

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Tbh, I saw that example in the post and thought "that's ugly but extremely usable; I don't think that belongs here".

Sure, it would be a little easier to use with some extra UI tweaks - e.g. aligned correctly (10x10 instead of 11x10), digits padded & maybe larger click areas - but the general idea of being able to click once and get the desired volume is pretty powerful: you can technically do that on a scale, but accuracy is tricky and the annotation isn't as detailed.

I'm not saying it's better than a scale (a certain compromise on granularity provides the optimum solution), but it's hardly a candidate for "worst".

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