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On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 15:48, David Stevenson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 31/10/10 12:43, fain182 wrote:
> > the solution would be use a shorter sound like mac ?
> > or maybe it's better put a mute button in gdm ?
> >
>
I prefer the mute button option.
>

it's not "either, or" here..


> A sound theme should be bold and loud enough to be noticed, but as has
> been pointed out there are times when silence is more suitable.
>

Sound doesn't have to be loud and bold in order to be noticeable.
Think of telephone ringtones, or birds chirping, which you can hear over
miles.
Wales communicate over several miles under water, because their sounds are
perfectly optimized for long-distance underwater transmission.

I think Fanfares with loud timpany are not an accurate medium when it comes
to communicating states of a service layer.