Also, drop the attitude. I'm fine talking about it, but I don't want to see any further snark from you on this. We work in what we think will apply to the majority of our user base, which is varied and not a simple defined user type. We have to try things in small areas to see where they work overall in some cases, you ran into one of those.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Yann Ricquebourg < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Again, > > Let's be serious now. > I don't share the point of view of inventing statistics out of the hat. > But if you want a couple of reasons why it doesn't make sense: > > - "Sosumi" in the list of actions doesn't make sense because... it's not > the name of an action! > (it's the name of a sound, the one set inside as parameter of the action). > That's straight forward. > (Should we suggest Apple to rename "Alert Sound" with "Tink" or "Sosumi" > after the user selected it in system pane). > > - Growl don't follow the same "straight forward" rule for Speech action, > then not consistent with Sound Action for the user. > > - And since you imagined a scenario, I suggest another one: > > * you're a normal user, not the developer of Growl > * you select "Basso" sound for the action associated to Hardware Growler > notifications > (you see it written explicitly "Basso" associated to HardwareGrowler, > that's clear and written, > and not something more general: you specifically clicked on "Basso"). > * another day you play with "Actions" from global Display pane and select > "Sosumi" in > that general pane, why not. Maybe, you even paid attention and observed > that now "Sosumi" appeared in actions... > * you are a user of Growl, you heard that there were global settings in > Growl... and that applications > could have their particular settings. > Moreover since you're just a user (and not the developer) you would be > very smart to guess > that in fact, everywheren you expecitly thought to select "Basso", in fact > you did not > select "Basso" but the global "SoundAction" and therefore all your "Basso" > have now been transformed > into "Sosumi". > And since you did not check every particular setting of each app, > you will hear a good sound surprise at next HardwareGrowler notification > ;-) > > But according to the Census Bureau that concerns only 10% of the users. > > regards, > > -Yann. > > Chris Forsythe wrote on 20/08/13 at 21:49 > >> Why would this not make sense? You choose a sound and it then shows the >> sound as the name. Then anywhere else in the interface it's the sound name. >> It seems pretty straight forward to me that this would make life easier for >> 90% of people. >> >> -- >> Chris Forsythe >> @The_Tick <http://twitter.com/The_Tick> >> >> >> On Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 5:45 AM, Yann Ricquebourg wrote: >> >> Hello, >>> >>> I noticed recently that selecting (in Displays pane) another global >>> sound for SoundAction >>> changed the name of the action in the list of actions, using the name of >>> the sound >>> (e.g. "SoundAction" changed into "Basso", or "Sosumi"... / tested on OS >>> X 10.7.5) >>> >>> Is it really normal? >>> >>> This is quite surprising since: >>> - it's not really usual: >>> for instance changing the voice for Speech action, doesn't change the >>> name in the list of actions. >>> >>> - moreover giving (currently) the specific name of the selected sound to >>> the Sound action may even >>> be misleading for the user: when he sets specific settings for a >>> particular app, he could think he is >>> really attributing "Basso" sound (since it's written so for the action >>> he selected). >>> And if he change something on the global Displays preference pane, this >>> pane will change >>> the action name into "Sosumi"... and change this sound for every >>> application, even set with "Basso"... >>> (which is totally normal due to current Growl sound action behavior >>> which is global). >>> >>> Then, my point of view is that the action name should remain >>> "SoundAction" (or equivalent). >>> >>> Best regards, >>> -Yann. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Growl Discuss" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to >>> growldiscuss+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<growldiscuss%[email protected]><mailto: >>> growldiscuss+**[email protected]<growldiscuss%[email protected]> >>> >. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto: >>> growldiscuss@**googlegroups.com <[email protected]>>. >>> >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/growldiscuss<http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Growl Discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to >> growldiscuss+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<growldiscuss%[email protected]> >> . >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/**group/growldiscuss<http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss> >> . >> For more options, visit >> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >> . >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > growldiscuss+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<growldiscuss%[email protected]> > . > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/**group/growldiscuss<http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > -- Chris Forsythe @The_Tick <http://twitter.com/The_Tick> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. 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