On 7 Jul 2005, at 17:51, Dave Epstein wrote:
Beeping in my opinion should generally be avoided. It is generally a pretty good practice to reserve audible warnings for a critical error or for a notification that the user asked for (such as receiving a new email). Since the user will actually be looking at the screen while they perform the action, it's not necessary to have an audible reminder when a visual one will do.
True, but bear in mind there are users who rely on screenreaders to 'see' the screen. To clarify, though, when I suggested a 'beep' earlier (when trying to move focus past the end of the list), I meant the system beep, which is already user-configurable to either make a sound, flash the window, both, or neither.
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