Re: [Usability] Re: Standardizing Find and Replace windows

[Dan Zlotnikov <dzlotnik perpugilliam csclub uwaterloo ca>]

We really should manufacture profiles for our users...

Personally, I find audio notification disturbing and pointless. Especially
if the sound associated with the notification is just a single tone. There
are too many things on my computer that go "beep" on occasion, frequently
without any visual indication. On the other hand, and this is an
accessibility point, we need that alternative to be present in some form.

I don't object to the idea of the audio bell, merely request it not be the
standard "beep." And yes, that will create problems in systems that don't
have an audio card. Which might mean a speedy demise to the audio idea,
who knows?

Dan

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Alan Horkan wrote:

>
> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Dan Zlotnikov wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 17:31:30 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Dan Zlotnikov <dzlotnik perpugilliam csclub uwaterloo ca>
> > Reply-To: dzlotnik uwaterloo ca
> > To: Usability gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [Usability] Re: Standardizing Find and Replace windows
> >
> > Alan, I was thinking more in the find dialogue itself, perhaps immediately
> > underneath the text box (but that can be adjusted, since outputting text
> > there is definitely not in accordance with the HIG)
>
> I thought you meant having a something like a status bar within the
> dialog.
>
> The (audio or) visual bell actually seems to me like the best way to
> indicate the wrap around.
>
> - Alan
>