[hirundo]

Am I the only one that has a problem with audio that defaults to maximum volume? Amazon does this too. But I keep my default to a volume that lets me crank up soft stuff enough to be audible. For pages like this, the sound just about makes my ears bleed before I can mute it.

[thrdbndndn]

My pet peeve of these is not the volume being too high (which they normally are), but the lack of volume control on web/desktop.

Unfortunately it would be more and more common as the mobile world take the dominance.

[squarefoot]

Firefox already displays a small speaker icon on each tab playing audio that can be used to mute it. A nice addon could display also a volume slider when hovering above it with the mouse, therefore allowing volume control.

[callalex]

Volume control there would require an additional audio buffer which adds unwanted latency to any conference or gaming applications.

[colechristensen]

I don’t, the “volume” adjusters on websites are all ... fake?

There are several layers of volume control but the last one on the stem level is the only real one (ok maybe one more level on a physical speaker amp if you have it)

Application levels can only cut dynamic range by adjusting volume, i would expect the default level to be full, if i want something quieter i’ll turn down the system loudness

The nominal loudness of a sound is sometimes inconsistent but that is on the sound mastering level not the application level.

[0xTJ]

I get annoyed when sites don't have things at their maximum volume, and I keep all my applications at the max too, unless I need to mute one. The master volume is the only thing I touch regularly.

[bob1029]

No. This is a problem in a lot of places.

See: Every video game ever made with audio settings locked behind a 2 minute unskippable cutscene.

[ehsankia]

This but with video games. 90% of them default to every volume being set to 100%. They're always so damn loud, I usually use windows Volume Mixer to set them process to 50%, then go in and tweak individual stuff in game.

[FooHentai]

I'm not sure how I'd cope without a volume knob right there on my desk. Having to tab out and adjust the OS audio sliders would drive me mad pretty fast.

It's almost my prime reason for having an external DAC.

[donkarma]

Yeah it is awful, I should just turn down Firefox to low and watch all videos on VLC

[forgotmypw17]

You can use browser permissions to allow/deny sound privileges just like with JavaScript