On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 11:27 +0000, Iain * wrote: > 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.
Which is why after more than 10 years of GNOME, I have 2 packages providing custom sounds, libgnome, and gossip (check your /etc/sound/events/ and prove me wrong). _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
