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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: PATCH - Disable All Sounds button in System Notifications
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2002-01-30 18:10:54
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On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 04:03:27PM -0800, Neil Stevens wrote:
> On Tuesday January 29, 2002 03:49, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > On Tuesday 29 January 2002 02:52 pm, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > > This patch adds a button to Disable all sounds in the System
> > > Notifications (knotify) kcontrol module.
> > >
> > > Try disabling all the sounds for yourself, to see why this is needed.
..

> > Not sure what would be better though.. maybe a checkbox?
> 
> Wouldn't it be confusing, though, to have sounds checked on as well as a 
> box saying no sounds?  The UI would just be contradicting itself.

It would be a problem yes, but QT3 has those nice 3-state buttons which allow 
the user to override the setting of the global checkbox. Would be a powerful 
solution.
I would have to use it to judge the usablility though..

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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