Faster Windows 8 volume controls

While windows 8 hails itself to 4 million plus users, there are way too many areas where Windows 8 lets you down. One of them I found out with the volume controls. I have Windows 8 on my laptop, CQ 40 Pressario. This one day, I was listening to music and I wanted to put the volume down so that my neighbors won't get 'disturbed'. I clicked the volume icon at my taskbar and the 'all new fast and better' Windows 8 cursor started rotating like hell. It took more than 5 seconds until the volume control dialogue finally appeared. Its slow! Damn slow!

Then I tried using my keyboard shortcut key using the "fn" button and bingo! The dialogue in the modern style instantly popped out on my screen. Ah! Things were not that bad after all!