Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!hellgate.utah.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utastro!bigtex!pmafire!geoff From: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Humble Sound Suggestion for Apple Message-ID: <737@pmafire.UUCP> Date: 5 Sep 89 20:27:05 GMT References: <10213@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <357@tci.UUCP> <19386@mimsy.UUCP> <19388@mimsy.UUCP> Reply-To: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) Distribution: usa Organization: WINCO, INEL, Idaho Lines: 34 In article <19388@mimsy.UUCP> folta@tove.umd.edu.UUCP (Wayne Folta) writes: >I suggest that SysBeep (I think this is the proper routine's name) should take >an argument: > > BEEP_USER_ERROR The action a user has attempted is an error > BEEP_SYS_ERROR An error has occurred in doing what the user requested > BEEP_ATTENTION The user's attention is required > BEEP_SUCCESS A long-running operation has successfully completed > etc. [examples of how this would work deleted] It would be nice to have a feature like this in MacMoney. When you do a "Reconcile Account" in MacMoney, you get a beep a split second before the dialog appears that either tells you, "Congratulations! You and the bank agree." or "Your balance is greater [less] than the bank's by ______ ... " Every time I hear that silly beep, my heart stops. I tend to associate a beep with something wrong. And I can think of many things I'd rather do than go through my statement item by item to figure out what's wrong. I think it would be great if MacMoney would give different sounds -- one to indicate success and one to indicate that something is wrong. They wouldn't need to be cute*, just different, and able to communicate the idea of sucess or failure. * In fact, I get tired of cute sounds REALLY quickly! -- Geoff Allen - WINCO Computer Process Engineering {uunet,bigtex}!pmafire!geoff ucdavis!egg-id!pmafire!geoff Disclaimer: WINCO doesn't believe in Macs, so of course these are my views.