Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!paperboy!yee From: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) Newsgroups: comp.human-factors Subject: Re: Audio feedback from GUI's I can't think of any at the moment. Message-ID: Date: 16 Jun 91 23:20:18 GMT References: <1991Jun12.171211.2716@cs.umn.edu> <663@heurikon.heurikon.com> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 33 In-reply-to: graziano@charlie.heurikon.com's message of 14 Jun 91 16:18:15 GMT In article <663@heurikon.heurikon.com> graziano@charlie.heurikon.com (John Graziano) writes: > If an audio interface worked in this way, providing new information > rather than emphasizing old, I think it would be much more > acceptable. Although, you would still need to come up with some > examples where audio could provide better information than a simple > visual display (aside from information which only exists in audio > form; voice mail, music, etc). I'm sure there are some, but I can't > think of any at the moment. > --graz I think the most useful audio feedback I have is from my DECstation's noisy DEC hard disk. The hard disk that has my swap partition rattles whenever it is being accessed. From this audio feedback, I know... a. when my compiles has finished b. if my process has been swapped out (rattling when I try to activate buttons/menus in the application) c. if someone is accessing my machine (i.e. login, ftp, or whatever). And, if the disk is rattling for no reason whatsoever, then I know that the system may be having trouble. All of this information from the 'noise' of a hard disk :-). Not bad. =Mike -- == Michael K. Yee -+- OSF/Motif Team == Open Software Foundation - 11 Cambridge Center - Cambridge, MA 02142 == "Live simply, so that others may simply live."