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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: New startup sounds for KDE 3.0
From:       Corrin Lakeland <lakeland () acm ! org>
Date:       2002-03-10 4:33:11
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> I've tried to think about what I think sounds
> like these *should* be like, and it's really tough to get an idea about
> that.

As far as I can tell, the sounds have no practical benefit.  They are there to 
make the KDE experience (tm) stimulate more senses.  A black and white app 
might be just as functional as a colour app, but the colour app is more 
interesting.  Similarly a silent desktop may be just as functional as an 
aural one, but less interesting. I mean, the sounds have gone _way_ past 
providing the user with feedback and into the 'this is cool' realm.

So, I think anything that adds interest is pretty much ok.  Since every user I 
know turns the sounds off very shortly after their first login, the best 
thing might be something impressive/sci fi.  OTOH, perhaps if the sounds was 
shorter and less obtrustive then people would leave it running.

> I guess the question is, "What are these sounds for and what are they
> trying to say?"

Given KDE takes the best part of a minute to log in (here anyway), the sound 
could actually be useful as a 'your desktop is ready to use'. But again, only 
if it wasn't obtrustive.

> Make sense?  I'd like to hear what other people hope for out of this type
> of sound.

I think resolution type sounds make sense because I think the login task is so 
long it deserves to be resolved on its own ;-). If midi was a little bit more 
pleasant sounding it would be make some sense to start a piece at the start 
of login and continue it through startkde. Unfortunatly this requires 
starting arts, which requires ... so it is a bit hard to get it at the start 
of the sequence.
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