Bug 449381

SUMMARY

If you are changing the volume, chances are you are playing something with audio, maybe a video, in which case a volume indicator will appear almost in the middle of the screen, distracting you from the video.

It should be put on the sides(perhaps it could follow where the volume icon is?) and be made vertical rather than horizontal, this way it should not block anything important.

The bottom center is a sacred place reserved for subtitles, the Top Center can be used for subtitles when the video itself has credits on the bottom, like this example I've found: https://imgur.com/gallery/Brv9O

If making it vertical requires too much work, then move it to the top right of the screen. It could block certain subtitles, but if it cuts something it will be the end of a sentence/word, your brain has better chances of filling the games at the end of a sentence/word rather than the beginning of one. Hence Top Right, not Top Left.