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

[Richard Anderson]

> -----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.

If you had a friend that sang "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic or Whitney
Houston's "I Will Always Love You" every time he answered the phone or
before saying goodbye, how often would you call him?

Richard Anderson
www.richardanderson.org