Re: Sound effects

["Iain *" <iaingnome gmail com>]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 10:27 +0000, Iain * wrote:
>>> These are all under the class of "something has happened which you did
>>> not specifically ask to happen and may require your attention"
>>> And so would be perfect candidates to have the sound.
>
> So far we agree.  But one sound can't rule them all.  If I'm cooking in the
> kitchen, I like hearing a small beep when I get mail.  I also like to hear a
> sound when someone sends me private message on IM.  BUT, I want to be able to
> differentiate those.  I don't run to check for every email, but there's a
> sense of urgency to IM.  Or if my harddisk is just to die, that should really
> shout "Your base is under attack!".

Arguably, these sounds are application specific.
The application should provide what sounds it needs.

iain