Re: [Ayatana] Two suggested designs for the Sound Indicator

[Sense Hofstede <qense@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3 May 2010 11:44, Alex Lourie <djay.il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Nicholas Ipsen(Sephiroth_VII)
> <sephiroth7vii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I think it'd be better to keep the ordering static and alphabetical, in
>> order to make it easier for users to establish muscle memory of how to use
>> the menu.
>>
>
> I don't agree. What if I have 10 applications that support sound settings?
> Will they all always appear in the list? That would be horrible user
> experience.
>
> Will only *running* applications be there? Then no muscle memory can be
> developed, as the list will be populated and re-sorted when new application
> runs; this will cause some applications change their location in the list.
>

I think we should limit the list to applications that are registered
in PulseAudio or that have registered themselves with the Sound
Indicator. It would have no use to have non-running applications in
the Sound Indicator.

> Alex.
>
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