Re: [Usability] New Sound Preferences and Volume Control

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

> > 6. User is away from the computer - louder notifications
> 
> This can be detected automatically in many cases through the screen
> saver.

You talked (in comments I snipped) about presentation mode
for presentations and movies, which I totally agree with.
But what about music presentation mode?  I have speakers
in my house outside my office.  Sometimes, I play music
to listen to around the house, especially during parties
and such.  The music is clearly the most important thing,
even though my screen is locked.

> By the way, I don't see a need to control the volume of multimedia
> applications separately. If you think of it, unless you are a multimedia
> freak who enjoys playing five videos simultaneously to show the power of
> his processor, you don't want to play more than one think at a time.
> Either you have some music or you have a movie running, and that's it.
> This means that a single slider for multimedia volume should suffice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Side_of_Oz  ;-)

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Shaun