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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark.shuttleworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21/06/10 15:04, Frederik Nnaji wrote:
> What GlobalMenu does, is to detect what the user is currently looking
> at, then afford the respective controls for its manipulation.
> The Sound Menu can also behave like this:
> * Probe for focused media apps
> * assign the most accessible volume fader to the currently focused
> media app's output signal
> * volume manipulation without media app window focused affects global
> volume.

It's an interesting idea. But remember, the "inverse" use case is just
as urgent when you need it, and you need it often. By "inverse" I meant
that you suddenly want to control the volume of the thing you are NOT
looking at.

For example, you get a skype call, skype is focused, and you now want to
lower the volume on the youtube video that was playing when the call
came in.

Or you have music playing, and someone sends you a youtube link, and you
want to lower the volume of the song playing on in the background.ADD
METERS!

> Digital audio hardware often uses so called LED Meterbridges for this
> kind of purpose.. That's what we need first, IMO: sound, visually
> represented.

Yes, we could do this, with a custom slider, and it's not a bad idea for
2.0.

Mark

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