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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] [kde-artists] New start sound - Discussion.
From:       Anne Wilson <annew () kde ! org>
Date:       2013-05-30 18:11:04
Message-ID: 51A79638.5040507 () kde ! org
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On 30/05/2013 12:10, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Thursday, May 30, 2013 09:13:37 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
>> I don't think it's a good idea to disable login sounds. Sure,
>> they have no practical use, but they are a very important part
>> of sound branding ( 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_trademark#Sound_branding ).
>> That's why
> 
> The reasons for having turned off the login sound are:
> 
> * It often starts at an unpredictable time due to the mechanics of
> the startup procedure and the wonder that is free software audio;
> this is only going to become worse as we move to increasingly
> parallelized startup where dependencies are determined at runtime
> by access (the systemd model, e.g.)
> 
> * The sounds for KDE are not well integrated into the branding.
> That the log in/out sounds are extremely long does not help.
> 
> * They is no realistic benefit to our branding from the sound due
> to low public usage (as you noted in your own email)
> 
> * They are configurable .. which destroys hope of branding
> 
> * They are annoying as hell (regardless of platform). We've opted
> for elegance for the user rather than attempts to inject our brand
> into the environment.
> 
> Things that could improve the above and which would cause at least
> me to re- assess this decision:
> 
> * Integrate the startup sound with either the splash screen or the
> session manager (e.g. ksmserver), skip the knotification thing path
> altogether and ensure the sound is played via a
> low-(enough-)latency mechanism. This would remove some of the
> awkwardness of the current sound timing.
> 
> * Produce a sound that is actually memorable, meshes with the KDE
> branding goals (e.g. projection of elegance) and is no more than a
> couple seconds long. A simple, calm, recognizable sound that lasts
> ~1 second would be great imho.
> 
Is it possible to specify a volume for the startup sound?  Much
embarrassment would be saved if the startup sound didn't mimic the
last hard metal band you listened to :-)

Anne

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