On 21/10/2009, at 8:59 AM, Brian Cameron wrote: > PulseAudio acts as a userland mixing server which accepts all audio > streams that the user wants to play. It then provides the ability > to do > per-application mixing. This is useful if you have multiple programs > playing audio at the same time. You can change the volume levels of > different programs in a single GUI. > > I am not sure if this is really a critical feature, though. Most > audio > programs have volume control sliders directly in the application where > users can set the volume in a per-application fashion.
Assuming I understand what this is capable of, I'm not sure I completely agree. It's a very nice user experience when done well. I like the iPhone style experience when you're listening to music, and it slowly fades out for an incoming call. Glynn
