<story><title>We need physical audio kill switches</title><url>https://rubenerd.com/we-need-physical-audio-kill-switches/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>m463</author><text>I have always wanted a flashlight with a brightness knob, that clicks to off.&lt;p&gt;It is incredibly hard to find this.  I have one somewhere, but the knob was a little silly:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amzn.com&amp;#x2F;B07BDQS3XX&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amzn.com&amp;#x2F;B07BDQS3XX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think a better design would be a ring around the circumference that you twist.&lt;p&gt;But I agree - when it came to putting a good stereo in my car (when you used to be able to do such a thing) I always kept looking until I found one with an actual volume knob.  In a moving car - grabbing a knob and finding the right volume level is immediate and doable.&lt;p&gt;By the way, schiit hel:  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.schiit.com&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;hel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.schiit.com&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;hel&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>skohan</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been thinking the same about power switches lately.  If I turn a flashlight, or an old radio on or off, I flip a switch and get the result I want.  With my 65 EUR gamepad, or 300 EUR headphones, I hold a button and wait several seconds for the result.&lt;p&gt;Why has UX regressed so much in these areas?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Zak</author><text>&amp;gt;  I have always wanted a flashlight with a brightness knob, that clicks to off... a ring around the circumference&lt;p&gt;There is one: the Jetbeam RRT-01, at least certain iterations of it. Most designs use a separate power switch.&lt;p&gt;This isn&amp;#x27;t more common because there&amp;#x27;s a patent covering using a Hall effect sensor in a ring around a flashlight body for this purpose, and the patent holder, Surefire has sued several manufacturers and vendors over it. A well-funded challenge would probably succeed on obviousness grounds, but patent challenges are expensive and I don&amp;#x27;t think the flashlight industry is profitable enough to justify it. The patent expires in three years, so this will probably become more common then.</text></comment>
<story><title>We need physical audio kill switches</title><url>https://rubenerd.com/we-need-physical-audio-kill-switches/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>m463</author><text>I have always wanted a flashlight with a brightness knob, that clicks to off.&lt;p&gt;It is incredibly hard to find this.  I have one somewhere, but the knob was a little silly:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amzn.com&amp;#x2F;B07BDQS3XX&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amzn.com&amp;#x2F;B07BDQS3XX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think a better design would be a ring around the circumference that you twist.&lt;p&gt;But I agree - when it came to putting a good stereo in my car (when you used to be able to do such a thing) I always kept looking until I found one with an actual volume knob.  In a moving car - grabbing a knob and finding the right volume level is immediate and doable.&lt;p&gt;By the way, schiit hel:  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.schiit.com&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;hel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.schiit.com&amp;#x2F;products&amp;#x2F;hel&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>skohan</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been thinking the same about power switches lately.  If I turn a flashlight, or an old radio on or off, I flip a switch and get the result I want.  With my 65 EUR gamepad, or 300 EUR headphones, I hold a button and wait several seconds for the result.&lt;p&gt;Why has UX regressed so much in these areas?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ranger207</author><text>You want one of these:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;flashlights.parametrek.com&amp;#x2F;index.html?type=flashlight&amp;amp;switch=ring&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;flashlights.parametrek.com&amp;#x2F;index.html?type=flashlight...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>