I see no issue, it only dings when you stop dragging, telegraphing current volume level (in case there is no any audio playing).
Also, when changing volume via shortcuts (eg via fn-keys/PowerToys) - there is no dings.

its positive bias )
dot is more visible and reused space is a very clever design choice (as you cannot just close unsaved doc).
related devblog note:
devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

it should be like in VSCode - dot (●) in the place of X if file is dirty (unsaved). Asterisk (*) is fine on its own, but will look weird at the place of X.

right, makes sense 👍

Is there any way to align dialog buttons to the Right? Default Center alignment looks extremely unpleasant.

ah, my condolences

try Everything from voidtools

btw, what do you think about aligning dialog buttons from center to the right? imo it's the only one sane alignment

need an option to turn .UID off