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Some processes can take awhile to complete. A lot of times I'm working on something else on my computer when I'm doing, say, an Integrate. I think it would be useful if APP made an audible sound when it completed a task. A simple "ding" would be enough to alert me that it's done. Otherwise, I need to keep switching back to the APP window to see if it's completed.
Thank you Scott,
I have added it to my priorities list, with the option in the CFG menu to enable/disable sounds after a process completes.
Mabula
Hi Scott,
this is added to the next version 1.054 😉
Cheers,
Mabula
Thanks Mabula - I'm very glad to see the sound added in 1.054, and it does help me to keep my computer busy!
Now, just because I'm ultra picky and a pain in the butt... here's another suggestion. The sound you're currently using sounds to me like a failure sound. It has sort of a negative tone to it and, when I hear it, my first reaction is that something went wrong with the process. I would suggest that you change this sound to something more uplifting - a simple "ding" sound (something similar to
) as an example.
The only reason I make this suggestion, is because I think it would also be helpful if you used the current "completion" sound and have that play when a process is completed, but something failed during the process (i.e., a registration couldn't be done). In this way, I'll know that APP is done, but I also know that I need to check to see what didn't work correctly.
Hi Scott,
Excellent, the sound is a start, I find it usefull myself as well 😉
The sound you're currently using sounds to me like a failure sound. It has sort of a negative tone to it and, when I hear it, my first reaction is that something went wrong with the process. I would suggest that you change this sound to something more uplifting - a simple "ding" sound (something similar to
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Oops ;-( , okay, I thought it was a very soothing/relaxing and clear sound. It's a chinese gong...
The only reason I make this suggestion, is because I think it would also be helpful if you used the current "completion" sound and have that play when a process is completed, but something failed during the process (i.e., a registration couldn't be done). In this way, I'll know that APP is done, but I also know that I need to check to see what didn't work correctly.
Good suggestion, I think sounds can be experienced quite differently depending on culture worldwide, so maybe the user can set the positive and negative sounds from a list of sounds probably? And we would need to save this for future sessions. A configuration file would be needed. (For other RFCs as well 😉 ).
I have added this to the priorities list:
- add more sounds to APP and let user select positive/negative sounds from a list in the CFG menu, so user knows from sound after completion of a task that the task finished succesfully or with a problem. This needs to be saved with a cfg file.
https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/community/development-priorities/current-priorities/
Kind regards,
Mabula
