Public bug reported:

It's unbelievable the level of OBVIOUS idiocy that I see myself forced
to report.

This one is absolutely demential.

When you hit the volume +/- keys to turn the volume up and down, a short
sound plays so you can get an idea of how loud you are setting the
volume (and also you get confirmation that it works). I love that. Let's
leave aside the fact that you should be able to turn this feature on or
off individually if you wanted to without turning off ALL system sounds,
but I don't care about that because I do want this feature.

Now, OBVIOUSLY, the maximum volume of these sounds should be fixed, and
the final volume at which they play should be multiplied only by the
current output volume, and NOT also by the system sounds volume that you
set in Settings => Sound => System sounds.

For example, I have reduced the System Sounds volume a lot because the
"thud" sound that plays (for example) when you hit the tab key in a
terminal is ridiculously loud.

However, because of this idiocy, the two are linked, so now, when I use
the volume keys to set the overall output volume, the testing volume
sounds are super dim because they are affected by the System Sounds
volume.

They are meant to allow you to test the overall global output volume, so
their scale must always be 100%. You should be able to turn them on and
off, and it would be nice to have an individual volume for them alone,
but to have them linked to the general System Sounds volume is just
idiotic.

Guys I'm getting tired of reporting bugs that are painfully idiotic
design decisions. I cannot believe the people taking design decisions in
Gnome and/or Ubuntu are so fucking clueless.

This is pathetic. For fuck's sake.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jul 14 01:58:49 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2467 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: meta-gnome3
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-07-12 (1 days ago)

** Affects: meta-gnome3 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

** Description changed:

  It's unbelievable the level of OBVIOUS idiocy that I see myself forced
  to report.
  
  This one is absolutely demential.
  
  When you hit the volume +/- keys to turn the volume up and down, a short
  sound plays so you can get an idea of how loud you are setting the
  volume (and also you get confirmation that it works). I love that. Let's
  leave aside the fact that you should be able to turn this feature on or
  off individually if you wanted to without turning off ALL system sounds,
  but I don't care about that because I do want this feature.
  
  Now, OBVIOUSLY, the maximum volume of these sounds should be fixed, and
  the final volume at which they play should be multiplied only by the
  current output volume, and NOT also by the system sounds volume that you
  set in Settings => Sound => System sounds.
  
  For example, I have reduced the System Sounds volume a lot because the
  "thud" sound that plays (for example) when you hit the tab key in a
  terminal is ridiculously loud.
  
  However, because of this idiocy, the two are linked, so now, when I use
  the volume keys to set the overall output volume, the testing volume
  sounds are super dim because they are affected by the System Sounds
  volume.
  
  They are meant to allow you to test the overall global output volume, so
  their scale must always be 100%. You should be able to turn them on and
  off, and it would be nice to have an individual volume for them alone,
  but to have them linked to the general System Sounds volume is just
  idiotic.
  
- 
  Guys I'm getting tired of reporting bugs that are painfully idiotic
- design decision. I cannot believe the people taking design decisions in
- Gnome are so fucking clueless.
+ design decisions. I cannot believe the people taking design decisions in
+ Gnome and/or Ubuntu are so fucking clueless.
  
  This is pathetic. For fuck's sake.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: gnome (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Jul 14 01:58:49 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2467 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: meta-gnome3
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-07-12 (1 days ago)

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