On 2/25/06, fons adriaensen <fons.adriaensen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 10:16:59PM +0100, Petter Sundlöf wrote: > > > fons adriaensen wrote: > > > > >Why should K3B play ugly desktop sounds when it finishes > > >burning a CD ? > > (...) > > >And you can't even disable this madness except via > > >the KDE 'control center'. Why should I even consider > > >running that when I don't use KDE ? > > > > Settings>Configure K3b>Notifications... > > > > doesn't require any control center to be launched. > > Are you referring to some menu ? Then > > - How should I know that "Notifications" means to output > sounds at maximum level ? For all I know it refers to > some essential interaction between the CD drive and the > software. I trust the defaults and I don't want to touch > it. > > - Why aren't these sounds *disabled* by default ? When > I want to burn a CD, I don't expect the software that > I'm using to go online, format a partition, rename my > files, play sounds, charm my girlfriend, ... > > > I wrote to the author of K3B after it nearly destroyed > by speakers, and asked if it was possible to configure > K3B so it would do only its core business and nothing > else. The simple answer was: No, since it is a KDE app. > > -- > FA > > How about disabling kde sounds? Just don't run arts. I've never run it and never will. Evil, EVIL bing noises. I run kde 3.5.1, with lots of sexy extras like superkaramba but i've never wanted the damn thing to make a noise. It never has. Loki
