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Daniel John

Samsung TV owners are being tormented by one UI detail

Samsung TV.

Perhaps the most important quality of any UI design is that it's unobtrusive. A great UI does its job quietly and simply, fading into the background without announcing itself too loudly – a rule Apple's Liquid Glass iOS design has been accused of ignoring lately. But here's an even more egregious example from Samsung.

It's not often that we see a piece of dodgy UI design become the subject of a change.org petition, but that's exactly what's happened with Samsung's on-screen volume display on its so-called smart TVs – many of which are among the best Frame TVs. The problem? Only that it takes up almost half the bloody screen.

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