2008/12/3 Pedro Maurício Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well... That brings another issue: prioritization. This means, for > instance, that if you are listening to music and some other > application needs your attention immediately should be able not only > to be louder, but also make other apps quieter or even mute them. What > do you think about this? >
It's the audio equivalent of the modal alert box. If I hate it when it blocks my flow of interaction, why would I like it to break my flow of sound? I don't want to miss a line of dialog in a movie just because a new mail arrives. This problem is solved in visual terms with the usage of non intrusive notification balloons. What you need is a sound metaphor for non intrusive notification (maybe a jingle, like those used in PA systems, but played as a background sound)? And definitely, this functions have to be evaluated in the context of goal oriented usage scenarios.
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