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

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 19:57 +0100, Jaap Haitsma wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Current behavior
> ----------------
> 
> There are 5 icons in GNOME to show the volume of an audio card
> 
> "stock_volume-mute": A speaker with a red X
> "stock_volume-0": A speaker with no sound waves
> "stock_volume-min": A speaker with one sound waves
> "stock_volume-med": A speaker with two sound waves
> "stock_volume-max": A speaker with three sound waves
> 
> The behavior of the mixer applet is the following:
> 
> volume(x)	Icon
> ----------------------
> mute		mute
> 0		mute
> 0 < x < 1/3	low
> 1/3 <= x < 2/3	med
> 2/3 <= x < 1	max

Since mute is an orthogonal operation to the volume setting,
perhaps the muted icon should continue to show the actual
volume setting.  So if you mute at 80%, you'd see the icon
maybe grayed out a bit with a red X over it, but still with
the three lines.  You can actually still change the volume
while muted.

It might serve as a nice indication that unmuting may blast
your ear drums out of your skull.  Just a thought.

--
Shaun