Re: [Usability] Volume Control Consistency between Rhythmbox and Totem

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinout cs vu nl>]

Hello Steven,

> Anyone have any suggestions for a standard? I understand that the UI in
> Rhythmbox (and perhaps Totem as well) is still being worked on. I
> thought I would post here to Gnome-Usability first to see what others
> thought.

Thanks for bringing this up.

My solution to this is simple: remove the volume controls from both Totem
and Rhythmbox. The volume panel applet, provided that it's visible by
default, should be sufficient. IMHO this is less confusing to the user
w.r.t. when to use which volume control, and how they interact. Currently
I can set Muine to mute sound while the volume applet still shows three
"vibrations". Isn't that strange?

If this is too radical, a compromise might be a button (like in Rhythmbox)
that launches the GNOME mixer.

regards,

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