On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 17:11 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 19:57 +0100, Jaap Haitsma wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Current behavior > > ---------------- > > > > There are 5 icons in GNOME to show the volume of an audio card > > > > "stock_volume-mute": A speaker with a red X > > "stock_volume-0": A speaker with no sound waves > > "stock_volume-min": A speaker with one sound waves > > "stock_volume-med": A speaker with two sound waves > > "stock_volume-max": A speaker with three sound waves > > > > The behavior of the mixer applet is the following: > > > > volume(x) Icon > > ---------------------- > > mute mute > > 0 mute > > 0 < x < 1/3 low > > 1/3 <= x < 2/3 med > > 2/3 <= x < 1 max > > Since mute is an orthogonal operation to the volume setting, > perhaps the muted icon should continue to show the actual > volume setting. So if you mute at 80%, you'd see the icon > maybe grayed out a bit with a red X over it, but still with > the three lines. You can actually still change the volume > while muted. > > It might serve as a nice indication that unmuting may blast > your ear drums out of your skull. Just a thought. >
I really like this suggestion, blasting music/sound out of your PC is sometimes really annoying in public. Rodney, do you think these icons: "min-mute, med-mute, max-mute" can be added to the icon spec? Jaap _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability