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

[Frederik Nnaji <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 15:31, Diego Moya <turingt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> See revised mockup, it includes player controls and Current Playing.

beautiful.

thoughts:
a) the play and pause buttons are mutually exclusive.
combine them into one, like so:  ᐅ॥
or alternate the 2 icons depending on the player status.

b) add a little LED style volume meter beside each app icons to
indicate audio activity.
i previously recommended 2-3 bits dynamic resolution for this.
2 bits would enable 4 possible dynamic levels to be indicated, where i
would choose red vor the highest, yellow for the third and green for
the first 2. 3 bits would probably be better..

c) offering a "medium" state besides mute/on will have to be subjected
to user testing, IMO
that thing is called mute, so keep it that way, is what i suggest. no
third state.