Re: [Usability] [Fwd: Icon view navigation]

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 7 Jul 2005, at 17:51, Dave Epstein wrote:
> Beeping in my opinion should generally be avoided.  It is generally a
> pretty good practice to reserve audible warnings for a critical error
> or for a notification that the user asked for (such as receiving a new
> email). Since the user will actually be looking at the screen while
> they perform the action, it's not necessary to have an audible
> reminder when a visual one will do.

True, but bear in mind there are users who rely on screenreaders to  
'see' the screen.  To clarify, though, when I suggested a 'beep'  
earlier (when trying to move focus past the end of the list), I meant  
the system beep, which is already user-configurable to either make a  
sound, flash the window, both, or neither.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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