Re: [Usability] New Sound Preferences and Volume Control

[Kirk Bridger <kbridger shaw ca>]

Great idea!   It really is all relative volume, isn't it?

So what about a volume control like this:

http://thebside.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/pepper-slider.jpg

Where the peppers become icons or names or whatever, but the important thing is they're relative to one another.

The main volume control could also be changed to provide a few presets, or most commonly useful settings.

Just throwing the idea out there.....


Kirk




Diego Moya wrote:

On 06/12/2008, Kirk Bridger <kbridger shaw ca> wrote:

I think we have a basic question here that nobody is really asking: are users going to want to adjust volume per app?  Yes, I know some of us may, but would users really use it?

I'd say no, most of the time. It only makes sense in specific situations. And then, it does matter in a relative sense - that is, I want the phone ring to be louder than the music player, and system sounds to be softer. I don't want multimedia sounds at 75% and system sounds to 30% volume.