Re: Screenshot dialog not needed? (Was: Re: [Usability] screenshot & recording desktop video)

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 15 Jun 2005, at 23:03, Brad Taylor wrote:

> More importantly, what if the user is deaf or does not have speakers
> plugged in?  Replacing *real* functionality with sounds is never a  
> good
> idea.

Very true, although GNOME does at least have a 'visual bell' feature  
that many deaf users are likely to have turned on.

(It's also just occurred to me that it might be useful if the visual  
bell had a 'turn on when the volume is muted' option, although that  
certainly wouldn't help if you'd just unplugged your speakers for a  
while.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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