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Bug 600747 - Disable sounds when away or busy option
Disable sounds when away or busy option
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 666221
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: VoIP
2.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
: 632423 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-11-04 22:26 UTC by Michael Monreal
Modified: 2018-12-27 17:51 UTC
See Also:
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Description Michael Monreal 2009-11-04 22:26:25 UTC 
The "Disable sounds when away or busy" option does not make a lot of sense IMHO:

- busy: this is where I really don't want sounds, right.

- away: this actually depends... for the manual away, I agree that it is similar to busy. But empathy also sets away on idle after a few minutes. So, if I left my desktop for TV in the next room, the desktop becomes idle but I am still VERY interested in incoming VOIP calls for example

In short, the should still be sound notifications if being away as a result of being idle.
Comment 1 Guillaume Desmottes 2009-12-03 18:18:09 UTC 
Some usuability input would be welcome here. :)
Comment 2 Nick Richards 2009-12-04 16:48:38 UTC 
Hmmm, is there a good way to tell the difference between:

a) idle because i've walked into the next room to make a cup of tea
b) idle because i've had a flash of inspiration and and writing away at my genre defining novel
c) idle because i'm watching a movie
d) idle because i'm idly browsing the web and wouldn't mind being interrupted

The micro behaviour of idle on away would be useful to know if it's possible to solve this solomonic problem.
Comment 3 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-09-17 09:50:01 UTC 
Not really. The only thing we can check is the "Idle time" of the system.
Comment 4 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-10-18 09:04:37 UTC 
*** Bug 632423 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2012-06-24 14:20:01 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 666221 ***