Sha!

[rhu]

Programs that make noise should always have an obvious way to tell them to shut up. And the OS should offer a tool to identify the most recent program to play a sound.

To get my new computer to stop annoying me every time a new email message arrives took going five levels deep, including clicking a button labeled "Advanced Email Options".

Grrr.....

Comments

[toonhead-npl.livejournal.com]

Really? When you're in Mail it's not just Preferences > General > New Mail Sound: None? What are you people using for your email?

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

For reasons too baroque to go into now, I'm forced to use Exchange under the Windows VM.

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

*Attempts to limit smugness.*

[fauxklore]

It could be worse. At my previous job, our organization's director made the IT people go around and put a special sound (a drumroll) on our email to signal us when we got an email from him. And set it up so that could not be turned off.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Ew, yes. I always turn off all sounds on my computer. Beeps and bings put my nerves on edge.