Hello William, hello the usability team, We are still early in the 2.25 release cycle and I think this is the right time to discuss the future of the Sound Preferences and Volume Control, in a PulseAudio world.
I had a quick look through usability-list archives and didn't find the subject discussed, please correct me if I missed a discussion; and please do note my comments are based on a snapshot I built yesterday. Anyway, I'll dive into the matter and point everyone to the currently developed gnome-volume-control (hosted in gnome-media/ repository). Here is how it looks like: http://www.0d.be/captures/sound-prefs-pane-1.png http://www.0d.be/captures/sound-prefs-pane-2.png http://www.0d.be/captures/sound-prefs-pane-3.png http://www.0d.be/captures/sound-prefs-pane-4.png My major concern is the merging of prefs and volume control in the same window; especially as "Sound Effects" is the first pane, and the treeview doesn't fit a window of that dimension; compare with the 2.24 Sound Preferences: http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24/figures/rnusers.sound-prefs.png.en My other concern is that in normal use, of all four panes, I will just be interested in a few widgets, output volume and input volume, plus whatever is playing at the moment; and all that would fit very well in a small window; as I was looking for discussions on live.gnome.org I stumbled upon this one: http://static.flickr.com/20/70003494_668cfdc0dd.jpg Finally I am also concerned about the rewrite of the mixer applet as a notification area icon (just like I am concerned with every other abuse of the notification area), especially as it would be a regression in this case. Could required enhancements to the applet be discussed in the open? (I added Callum in CC). Thanks for reading, Frederic _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
