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From: chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Patch for Smart Alarms - disables incessant beeping
Message-ID: <2639@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 20:29:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: batcompu.2639
Posted: Mon Oct 12 20:29:11 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 14-Oct-87 01:19:07 EDT
References: <1152@runx.ips.oz> <2475@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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In article <2475@ihlpf.ATT.COM> straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.) writes:
In article <1152@runx.ips.oz> sce@runx.ips.oz (Simon Evans) writes:
|
|Recently Brion Feinberg posted a patch to Smart Alarms that stopped
|its "incessant beeping". I thought I'd point out a couple of things
|that make this unnecessary (BTW Smart Alarms was developed in Australia,
...
|Both these suggest methods of preventing incessant beeping if you
|are not in front of your Mac - if you know that you will not
|be at your mac for some time, put up a dialog (eg a FKEY, or a DA
|that uses a dialog) before leaving the mac. Alternatively, install
|a screen saver that automatically darkens the screen and then you
|son't even need to remember to do something actively to prevent the incessant
...

>FLAME ON!:
>
>All of the above suggestions are workarounds!  You mean I have to explicitly
>tell SA to not bother me with its "incessant beepings".  That makes it less
>than worthless.
...

I agree totally.  While Smart Alarms is a very useful program, I see no
reason why it should be obnoxious regarding its beeping.  To have to
explicitly tell SA not to bother people w/ beepings really is worthless.
Parallel case in point:  Stars is really nice to look at, but I don't use it
as a screen saver because I never know when I might have to leave my Mac for
a "moment."  Often these moments have a way of turning into long periods...

Another point, darkening the screen does not guarentee that SA won't keep on
beeping.  I use Pyro and SA beeps right through it.  Luckily, I run Cheap
Beep so the volume isn't too loud.  BTW, I think the correct behavior for SA
is to beep through a screen saver -- that way if the screen is dimmed
because you've been idle you won't miss an appointment.  However, the volume
set on the control panel should be obeyed *** at all times ***.


Christopher Chow
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