On 1/3/07, Peter Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed Catmur wrote: > > Pallavi Rao wrote: > >> Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if rhythmbox also > >> had a mute button on it, emitting along with it a > >> signal called "MuteOn" on dbus-monitor. > > What's the use case for this? I can see that a music player control applet > > would want to track and change the volume, but when would the user want to > > mute Rhythmbox as opposed to the whole computer? > > Incoming phone call (Ekiga, et al.) perhaps?
James' initial reply is quoted below. I'd agree with him, at least in the case of an incoming phone call; I certainly wouldn't want to miss my favorite song! :P On 1/3/07, James Doc Livingston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 02:25 -0800, Pallavi Rao wrote: > > Additionally, wouldnot it be nicer if rhythmbox also > > had a mute button on it, emitting along with it a > > signal called "MuteOn" on dbus-monitor. > > We've discussed "mute" before, and I think the general consensus is that > it isn't anywhere near as useful for audio-only players as it is for > video ones. For audio-only players, pausing is usually just as good. _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
