Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] startup/shutdown sounds

[Ben A. <sy...@sa...>]

On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 01:30 -0500, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> Sometimes people start Tux Paint by mistake, and sometimes
> adults need to shut it down after the kid is in bed. I hope it's OK
> to quiet down some of these sounds.

Perhaps the default sound, yes, for the reason you've mentioned here ...

> That "na na naaaaa" sound is particularly loud and annoying.
> It's also kind of like baby-talk, and kind of taunting, neither of
> which I'd want a kid to copy.

Really?  It sends our kids into fits of giggles whenever they hear it.
It's very much like the voices of the characters of their favourite TV
claymation show, "Morph Files".  I have no worries that our kids are
going to feel taunted, nor that they will start modelling their speech
after these sound effects.

> I cringe at the thought of a teacher having to shut down a whole
> room full of Tux Paint programs.

It would be a shame if we eliminated these sounds entirely, though I
understand a classroom environment is quite different from our family
room, so I concede the point that as a default, they are unsuitable.

> I suggest a small not-so-loud sound of a motor or car stopping,
> or just nothing. The normal clicking sounds are fine.

I like the car motor idea.  Could we support this as part of a sound
theme, so that the favourite alternate sounds can be preserved?

Ben