Who had the idea that more Windows-like plingplong sounds is good?
At least you can turn them off!
But the real questions is, can we change them?
Imagine this:
- Good thing → Zelda chest opening sound.
- Bad thing →The Office “Oh, god, please no.”
- User interaction → Honking goose.
- Log in → Futurama “Welcome to the world of tomorrow!”
- Log out →AOL “You’ve got mail”
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Annoyances should be off by default.
Edit: Funny how the sole argument for why annoying sounds should be on by default is downvoting. I rest my case.
Why is turning off a defaulted checkbox such a big deal? It’s KDE, surely you would be used to customising settings by now since they make it so easy.
Why is turning off a defaulted checkbox such a big deal?
Why is turning a checking box on such a big deal? Everything making sounds is an annoyance and therefore should be opt-in, just like all other kinds of annoyances such as web cookies.
Who decides what’s an annoyance and what’s not?
The people who are annoyed.
Why not? Sounds are a subtle and quick indicator that something went good or bad. And if you find a particular action too repeating you can turn that sound off.
Will be fun to try this when it comes. Maybe at the same time as the new Cosmos desktop from system76…
