Re: Some ideas...

[Erik Jarvi <ejarvi megsinet net>]

On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 08:29:23PM +1100, Conrad Parker wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:04:45PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > <quote who="Michael Adams">
> > 
> > > For example, when a user moves over a button, we already have the
> > > 'pre-light' function, but what about a soft 'pop.'
> > 
> > Dynamic, morphing sound for an operating environment has intrigued me for
> > years...
> > 
> > Now, imagine that kind of dynamism integrated with a desktop environment. We
> > already have dynamic graphical interfaces... :) Strangely enough, when
> > Conrad first told me about some of the sounds he was making for Gnome, I
> > joked about this, and he came back with the ideas he'd a;ready had about
> > this -> and seriously! :D

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> Anyway ... this is something to keep in mind for making sound themes.
> As for extending how sounds are used in Gnome, it's good that it already
> has hooks for info/warning/error dialogs, and it could be useful to make
> some more semantic definitions, eg. separate sounds for "OK", "Cancel",
> "Help" etc., and some new gtk-event definitions for button and menu
> highlights etc. 

I agree, would this have to make it into the next major version (1.4?) or
have to wait for 2.0? Or could this be added at anytime? This would be nice
to have in 1.4.

Erik
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