On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Karl Lattimer <k...@qdh.org.uk> wrote:
>> These are all under the class of "something has happened which you did >> not specifically ask to happen and may require your attention" >> And so would be perfect candidates to have the sound. > > Some of these things are also "something has happend which you were > expecting to happen but didn't know when it would happen" I see these as the same class actually. I didn't specifically ask for a file transfer to finish, it was of course expected. > I totally agree here. Although a single sound is probably not great, > you'd need something that sounds bad (errors), something that sounds > good (something you've been waiting on is done) and something that > sounds inquisitive and would require attention. Well, that was pretty much the initial 3 sounds idea error, notify and "something has happened..." > It's important to reduce the number of random noises into noises which > fit with what's happening. Also I don't want to feel like I've had an > electric shock when an error occurs, so the sounds can't be too > obnoxious... I did mention that in the initial email. subtle sounds. I have ideas on how a subtle sound should be created but I thought I'd wait until I'd made a few examples first. iain _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list