-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01.10.2015 19:50, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > It seems like a weird thing to allow, sure. But consider the > consequence if we forced all app volume sliders to be > app-specific. Instead of having two, or three, or four audio output > roles, we would now have, effectively, at least one role for each > app that outputs audio. You have ten apps installed that can output > audio? You'd now have at least ten roles. [...]
I'd propose to take one step back and look at another approach: let the hardware volume keys control the master volume only, and make all apps' volume a fraction of the master volume (as it is in Ubuntu desktop). That is, if the phone has been set to silent mode, no app should ever be able to play a sound (OK, with one exception: clock alarms). An app can have its own volume control, but with the understanding that 100% only means "play at the system volume level", never louder than that. This would have the consequence that apps might not even need to implement their volume control (except for a "mute" button), and that the hardware volume buttons would always do the right thing. Ciao, Alberto -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlYON08ACgkQVLQegMXeCFIZDACcCAvW+C5yZ2ZIjY+zGEK48N0k 3DAAnA5cBFNu8jE0Dzn6x8n6MfZ2Iwcv =5aWS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
