Re: [Bug-gnubg] Good beta release! (Suggestions)

[Jim Segrave]

On Mon 17 May 2004 (17:27 -0700), Richard Anderson wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Segrave [mailto:address@hidden 
> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:25 PM
> > To: Richard Anderson
> > Cc: '?ystein Johansen'; address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Good beta release! (Suggestions)
> > 
> > On Sun 16 May 2004 (16:09 -0700), Richard Anderson wrote:
> > > 
> > > Why would the user want to hear a sound when the program 
> > opens or closes?
> > > This only happens when the user initiates the action.  
> > Sounds are best 
> > > used for  alerting the user to unexpected events or 
> > notifying him that 
> > > a long-running function has completed without the 
> > distraction of a pop-up.
> > > Simplicity, simplicity!
> > 
> > For the same reasons my Sony laptop makes a crescendo when it 
> > powers up and many versions of Windows make horrible noises 
> > at boot time. It amuses some people and annoys the hell out 
> > of others (you can guess which side I'm on)
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jim Segrave           address@hidden
> > 
> >
> Jim, imagine a world where every application played a little tune whenever
> it started or closed.  I think most users would quickly disable their
> speakers or install the noisy apps.  It's bad enough when the OS does it.

>From what I posted, I think you can safely assume that I think computers
should be used and not heard.

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Jim Segrave           address@hidden