[Usability] Re: Mute in GNOME mixer applet does not have correct behavior

[Colin Marquardt <colin marquardt-home de>]

"Alex L. Mauer" <hawke hawkesnest net> writes:

> Colin Marquette's wrote:
>> Actually, "mute" on some audio equipment is not a volume level of 0,
>> but a bit above, so that you can still hear that something is
>> playing.
>
> Sounds more like "Attenuate" to me.

That may be more correct technically, but both my Aiwa car stereo
and my Rotel RC-1070 preamp label it "Mute" and have the described
behavior.

Cheers,
  Colin