Re: controlling system muting ?
Re: controlling system muting ?
- Subject: Re: controlling system muting ?
- From: Andy Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:46:20 -0400
On Jul 8, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Matt Gough wrote:
To be fair to the OP, if his app really is going to try to warn me
of impending injury or potential loss of life then I think it is
silly to argue that he shouldn't turn the sound up as loud as it can
go and start telling me to run. I think you too (or at least your
family) would be glad of such a thing too. However, I suspect he
wants to turn the sound up for something far less important in the
grand scheme of things, so probably shouldn't do it.
Jason, can you tell us what is so important that the user must know
immediately?
I don't understand the requirement here. If the user is looking at
their screen, then surely a visual alert in a big floating window
would be more than enough? If the user might not be looking at their
computer, then why assume they're within earshot at all? For life-and-
death applications, I would think playing a sound would be a pretty
weak form of notification; you'd need to page the user, leave a phone
message, IM them, etc. (and possibly notify more than one party).
Someone mentioned the possibility that the user has hearing problems.
I suppose another posibility is that this software is specifically for
*blind* users; but only the OP can say.
--Andy
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