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[Alex Lourie <djay.il@xxxxxxxxx>]

How about a dinamic ordering in the indicator?

So if I don't have any music player currently running (or playing), the an
"active" application should appear first (for example, Firefox, or better
even - VOIP application, such as empathy or Skype).

If the "active" application doesn't support audio functions, then present
the first one that does, etc.

I believe that this would make more sense - after all, by going to Sound
Indicator, you'd probably want to do something regarding the volume, isn't
it?

Alex

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Sense Hofstede <qense@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> When the talks about Sound Indicator started on this mailing list I
> had some ideas for what the applet could look like but I never got
> around drawing them. Now I have and I would like to ask what you think
> of them. They're essentially two variants of the same idea where the
> first mock-up is a bad version of the second.
> In both mock-ups I forgot to add a menu entry for launching the
> PulseAudio volume control window. It should be there though.
>
> The general idea:
>
> We have been shipping PulseAudio for a few releases now and I'd say
> it's time to start using the functionality it offers. I think we
> should add a slider for each different application in the Sound
> Indicator so the user is aware that she or he can change the sound
> levels independently as well as all at the same time. The necessary
> information would be extracted from PulseAudio, but applications that
> want more should register themselves with the indicator by providing
> their PulseAudio-name.
> At the top of all mock-ups is a music player. E.g. Rhythmbox wouldn't
> get its own applet but instead register itself with the Sound
> Indicator. You can control the player from the Sound Indicator as well
> as toggle its visibility.
> The visibility or focus of all applications can be toggled from the
> Sound Indicator to provide consistency and a service to our users.
>
> You can mute an application or the system by single-clicking the speaker
> icon.
>
> In all mock-ups I've added the master volume slider to the bottom of
> the indicator menu, but it might be better to move it to the top to
> make the most-often used action the easiest to reach.
>
> Mock-up One
> <http://people.ubuntu.com/~qense/SoundIndicatorMockupOne.jpg<http://people.ubuntu.com/%7Eqense/SoundIndicatorMockupOne.jpg>
> >
>
> As you can see in this mock-up the music player is at the top. The
> menu is kept lean and per application there is only a short title and
> the application-specific volume slider directly after it. The music
> player has got an extra part that shows the currently playing song and
> offers controls.
>
> Mock-up Two
> <http://people.ubuntu.com/~qense/SoundIndicatorMockupTwo.jpg<http://people.ubuntu.com/%7Eqense/SoundIndicatorMockupTwo.jpg>
> >
>
> The entries in the menu of this mock-up take much more space because
> the applications are listed by first their icon and then their long
> title. Under that is their volume slider. The music player has again a
> control and information block under its volume slider. The master
> volume slider starts where the icons of the applications begin to
> stress that it affects the whole system.
>
> Regards,
> --
> Sense Hofstede
> [ˈsɛn.sə ˈɦɔf.steː.də]
>
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