Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2011-01-30 Thread Ingo Gerth
Good question! I also asked this on askubuntu.com a while ago. http://askubuntu.com/questions/21840/are-there-still-plans-for-a-new-sound-theme On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Peterson Silva wrote: > Maybe Mark forgot about it again... > > *Peterson* > *http://petercast.net* > > > > On 29 Janua

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2011-01-29 Thread Peterson Silva
Maybe Mark forgot about it again... *Peterson* *http://petercast.net* On 29 January 2011 14:36, Martín A. Casco wrote: > Hi there, I was thinking about this and remembered about a wiki for it. > > I wonder what's going on with this topic. I've been looking at natty's > blueprint

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2011-01-29 Thread A. Casco
Hi there, I was thinking about this and remembered about a wiki for it. I wonder what's going on with this topic. I've been looking at natty's blueprint and didn't find any topic about this. In one mail here, it's been mentioned the proposed topic on a blog, and there is a wiki for sound theme s

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-11-04 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 15:04, Walter Wittel wrote: > An alternative to a mute button might be to sample the ambient sound level > using the mic (should work for most laptops, less so for desktops, but they > likely have volume set for location already) and adjust volume > appropriately. > haaah

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-11-04 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 17:44, S. Christian Collins wrote: > Well, there is this initiative: > http://mikebuntu.blogspot.com/2010/08/ubuntu-needs-new-sound-theme.html there was. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lis

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-11-04 Thread S. Christian Collins
Well, there is this initiative: http://mikebuntu.blogspot.com/2010/08/ubuntu-needs-new-sound-theme.html -~Chris On 10/30/2010 08:58 AM, Shane Fagan wrote: It is very true and changing the entire sound theme has been kinda overlooked over the past 2 cycles and it really needs a revamp. It has be

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-11-04 Thread Walter Wittel
An alternative to a mute button might be to sample the ambient sound level using the mic (should work for most laptops, less so for desktops, but they likely have volume set for location already) and adjust volume appropriately. On Oct 31, 2010 8:04 AM, "David Stevenson" wrote: On 31/10/10 12:43

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-10-31 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 15:48, David Stevenson wrote: > On 31/10/10 12:43, fain182 wrote: > > the solution would be use a shorter sound like mac ? > > or maybe it's better put a mute button in gdm ? > > > I prefer the mute button option. > it's not "either, or" here.. > A sound theme should be

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-10-31 Thread David Stevenson
On 31/10/10 12:43, fain182 wrote: > the solution would be use a shorter sound like mac ? > or maybe it's better put a mute button in gdm ? > I prefer the mute button option. A sound theme should be bold and loud enough to be noticed, but as has been pointed out there are times when silence is more

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-10-31 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 15:58, Shane Fagan wrote: > It is very true and changing the entire sound theme has been kinda > overlooked over the past 2 cycles and it really needs a revamp. It has > been mentioned on this list at length but nothing seems to be happening. > Id say Canonical need to eith

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-10-31 Thread Michael Jonker
I think a shorter sound sequence retaining the Ubuntu identity. Maybe the recording level turned down a bit too. On Sun, 2010-10-31 at 13:43 +0100, fain182 wrote: > the solution would be use a shorter sound like mac ? > or maybe it's better put a mute button in gdm ? >

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-10-31 Thread fain182
the solution would be use a shorter sound like mac ? or maybe it's better put a mute button in gdm ? -- pietro ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More

Re: [Ayatana] Sound theme - startup

2010-10-30 Thread Shane Fagan
It is very true and changing the entire sound theme has been kinda overlooked over the past 2 cycles and it really needs a revamp. It has been mentioned on this list at length but nothing seems to be happening. Id say Canonical need to either pay someone or do some sort of promoted competition for