Will be fun to try this when it comes. Maybe at the same time as the new Cosmos desktop from system76…
Who had the idea that more Windows-like plingplong sounds is good?
At least you can turn them off!
But the real questions is, can we change them?
Imagine this:
- Good thing → Zelda chest opening sound.
- Bad thing →The Office “Oh, god, please no.”
- User interaction → Honking goose.
- Log in → Futurama “Welcome to the world of tomorrow!”
- Log out →AOL “You’ve got mail”
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Annoyances should be off by default.
Edit: Funny how the sole argument for why annoying sounds should be on by default is downvoting. I rest my case.
Why is turning off a defaulted checkbox such a big deal? It’s KDE, surely you would be used to customising settings by now since they make it so easy.
Why is turning off a defaulted checkbox such a big deal?
Why is turning a checking box on such a big deal? Everything making sounds is an annoyance and therefore should be opt-in, just like all other kinds of annoyances such as web cookies.
Who decides what’s an annoyance and what’s not?
The people who are annoyed.
Why not? Sounds are a subtle and quick indicator that something went good or bad. And if you find a particular action too repeating you can turn that sound off.
