in article rpg14-00DC71.09333103072003[at]pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk, Richard P.
Grant at rpg14[at]yahoo.co.uk.invalid wrote on 3/7/03 9:33 am:

[snip disabling computer noises]

>>>> /me gets coat...

>>> Oh, are noises a bit last Tuesday? I like the noises.
>>> <coat?>

>> </coat>

> Thanks. It was getting warm.
> <coat />

<takes coat off and throws it over chair>

Seriously - this is bugging me now. (In general, I mean). Don't the noises
sort of represent X-faces, but with sound? I don't have to look at the
screen the whole time to know what's going on? And if I *don't* hear a
noise, there's something wrong. That's good, surely?

Bella Jones <bellajonez[at]yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Don't the noises sort of represent X-faces, but with sound?

Don't you go mixing metaphors willy-nilly.
Audible X-Faces? Whatever next?

When my daughter is on the other side of my desk working on Nick Junior
or CBBs, or as she calls them Sebabeebees, I find it quite reassuring
having those stupid interface noises on. I can't easily see her screen,
but I can tell what's going on from the noises.

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Pd

in article 1fxjcej.58c1wlhf8olfN%pd.news[at]dsl.pipex.invalid, PeterD at
pd.news[at]dsl.pipex.invalid wrote on 3/7/03 7:23 pm:

> Bella Jones <bellajonez[at]yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Don't the noises sort of represent X-faces, but with sound?
>
> Don't you go mixing metaphors willy-nilly.
> Audible X-Faces? Whatever next?
>
> When my daughter is on the other side of my desk working on Nick Junior
> or CBBs, or as she calls them Sebabeebees, I find it quite reassuring
> having those stupid interface noises on. I can't easily see her screen,
> but I can tell what's going on from the noises.

Presumably you do the opposite when doing your own, er, research...

in article 1fxmhnx.ph2c7dypxudbN%me3[at]privacy.net, zoara at me3[at]privacy.net
wrote on 5/7/03 6:38 pm:

>> Seriously - this is bugging me now. (In general, I mean). Don't the noises
>> sort of represent X-faces, but with sound? I don't have to look at the
>> screen the whole time to know what's going on? And if I *don't* hear a
>> noise, there's something wrong. That's good, surely?
>
> Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.
>
> That's probably too many yesses, but I agree wholeheartedly.

WWH, don't you find you become emotionally attached to, or repulsed by,
certain sounds, depending on what they signify?

For 9 months or so, I had 'purr' as the alert for when an email in the
'Work' category came in. Then, after some 3 month legal/work f*ckries (with
many 'work' emails coming in), I found I was triggered unpleasantly by the
'purr' sound, and it upset me enough to change it.

Sensitive, moi?