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

[Rodney Dawes <dobey novell com>]

On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 21:57 +0100, Jaap Haitsma wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 14:33 -0500, Rodney Dawes wrote:

> I don't see why the "0" icon is the worst icon ever. I agree if it isn't
> used properly like in the case you describe it's not good. That was even
> one the reasons that I filed bug [1].

Because it has no meaning. A volume level of "0" should not be something
between "low" and "mute". It should one of them. The icon exists because
whoever wrote the code in the first place, decided they absolutely had
to have this icon.

> What is the problem of using the "0" icon for 0% volume if the audio is
> not muted?

What is the problem of using the "low" icon for 0% volume then? If the
audio is not muted, it is low. It seems rather pointless to have two
different icons for 0% and 1% where the 0% icon is not mute. Just make
them the same, and get rid of the special case for 0 in the code.

-- dobey