On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Behdad Esfahbod <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 10:27 +0000, Iain * 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. > > 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. iain _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
