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Bug 339280 - Right click menu on volume control is self referential
Right click menu on volume control is self referential
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: mixer
git master
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
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Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-04-21 10:45 UTC by Paul Cooper
Modified: 2010-01-24 01:05 UTC
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GNOME version: 2.11/2.12



Description Paul Cooper 2006-04-21 10:45:16 UTC
When you right click on the 'volume control' applet in the panel one of the
options is 'open volume control' - a better description is needed, something
like 'open mixer control', or 'open volume equalizer', or 'open volume mixer'

Other information:
I would argue that in the users mind the volume control applet is *the* volume
control - to then have a right click option open volume control will be
confusingly self referential. What you get when you click on open volume control
does more than the title 'volume control' would idicate.
Comment 1 Ronald Bultje 2006-08-25 21:58:52 UTC
Davyd, do we consider this a problem?
Comment 2 Danielle Madeley 2006-08-26 02:14:29 UTC
The name of the full mixer on my desktop is "Volume Control", so "Open Volume Control" seems reasonable to me.
Comment 3 Ronald Bultje 2007-01-14 16:51:41 UTC
The applet is also called 'Volume Applet' in the about box. you can argue about this, but I don't think this would be a problem. The name 'mixer' should be avoided, since it's a technical term, implying mixing of two sounds. What the volume control/applet do is different, they control your volume/loudness.