Re: [Usability] Fwd: New Sound Preferences and Volume Control

["Diego Moya" <turingt gmail com>]

2008/12/5 Ross Burton <ross burtonini com>
> On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 12:25 +0100, Diego Moya wrote:
> > - Play all sounds at the system volume.
> > - Diminish all sounds except for the current application (default
> > option).
> > - Mute completely all sounds except for the current application.
> Doesn't this break the primary use-case for sound on a computer, which
> is a music player in the background?

Let me then refine it further: 

- Sound focus follows selected application (default option)

- Set sound focus on this application
- Remove sound focus
- Mute all applications except the one with the focus

The application with the "sound focus" plays louder than the
others. By default it's the current one, but user can actively put a
"sticky" focus on a single application. 

Alternatively, multimedia
players can acquire focus while they are in "play" mode - but this can
be override by the user.