On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Iain * <iaingn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Behdad Esfahbod <beh...@behdad.org> wrote: >> So far we agree. But one sound can't rule them all. If I'm cooking in the >> kitchen, I like hearing a small beep when I get mail. I also like to hear a >> sound when someone sends me private message on IM. BUT, I want to be able to >> differentiate those. I don't run to check for every email, but there's a >> sense of urgency to IM. Or if my harddisk is just to die, that should really >> shout "Your base is under attack!". > Arguably, these sounds are application specific. > The application should provide what sounds it needs.
Isn't that exactly the opposite of the whole theme concept? I mean if user chooses a Space Odyssey she expects to have HAL all over the place, not just for error dialogs. -- Patryk Zawadzki _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
