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From: mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir)
Newsgroups: comp.human-factors
Subject: Re: Audio feedback from GUI's
Keywords: sound windows widgets
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.190843.13080@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 91 19:08:43 GMT
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Oops!  My previous posting lost my comments.  So much for the interface of 
Emacs :-)

In article <1991Jun12.190345.515@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) writes:
>In article <1991Jun12.171211.2716@cs.umn.edu> brsmith@cs.umn.edu (Brian R. Smith) writes:
>>I've been toying with the idea of adding audio feedback to a graphical
>>user interface.  Something subtle, to make it MORE intuitive.

Events and sounds on the Mac:

My friend has this sort of thing set up on his Mac SE.  It appears that all
interface operations and messages can be connected with sounds.  Opening and
closing windows makes zooming out and in sounds (can you describe them in
words?), emptying the trash, in his case, flushing the toilet, makes a flushing
sound.  Ejecting a disk causes a vomiting sound, and a user error message makes
an "Idiot!" sound.

I love the idea but, in practice, it can be a bit overwhelming and disturbing
after a while.  Toned down a bit, it could be quite useful as well as amusing.

So, how about a 3D display, like the LED VGA goggles, but beaming separate
images into each eye?

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