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Authored by: eno on Jun 06, '02 11:48:35AM

of removing the annoying sound is to create a "blank" sound (of short duration and no volume) and then just choose that as your alert sound in the Sound preferences pane.

This has the advantage of being easier to do and less "hacky", but of course it won't appeal to people that like having audible alerts in other parts of the OS.



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Authored by: bhines on Jun 06, '02 02:51:52PM

Er... we still WANT a BEEP. Just NOT when we change the volume.

Your solution isn't a solution at all, and seems far more hacky to me in that you are severely reducing the functionality of the system. (no beep)



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Authored by: Anonymous on Jun 06, '02 06:59:17PM

It's a solution for them. Therefore it is a solution.

10.1.5 has improved the situation somewhat as the sound doesn't repeat as much when you hold down the volume key. However, I do agree that hearing the alert sound at all can be annoying.

On the other hand, for accessibility reasons, I do think that there needs to be some sort of sound. Perhaps Apple could come up with something rather more subtle.

Oh, and they could make SystemUIServer (the process responsible) rather more responsive. If you hold down the volume key for a second and then let go, SystemUIServer should stop changing the volume immediately, not another second later!



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