𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖊𝖓 𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖘 @lorendias@qoto.org

One thing that I think we've lost over the last 20 years is "audio cues" #linux #foss #kde #gnome #opensource -- the desktop used to give a lot more audio feedback as to the events & status of events.

Empty the recycle bin? It had s simple audio cue play

Copy a folder? You have a audio cue to communicate success.

New email? Cue AOL charming & cringy "You've got mail.wav"

OS Startup? You feel like you are getting excited to get something done withe Windows XP - 7 and early 2000s Ubuntu startup sounds.

I think this principle could be taken so much farther -- perform a #rsync Why not have a audio cue for both Success.ogg and Failure.ogg -- or what about #polkit password verification, you are multi tasking on the phone or doing something in your office -- having a cue to redirect your attention to that you need to enter a password would be helpful.

Same thing goes for #pacman #yay and #paru in #archlinux

There are times you are compiling a program and it needs extra privileges to install but you don't notice it -- it would make a huge difference if we had a hook system and could Enable/Disable audio cues & notifications -- that would be a huge improvement.

I could really see this also bringing a lot of value in #linuxphone space, with #ubuntutouch #postmarketos #sxmo and others.

Its really hard to know what your missing when its been so long since you had it.

Plug in a USB Flash Drive? Audio Cue

Connect / Disconnect your phone to your computer? Audio Cue

Remote SSH Connection logs into your machine? Notification & Audio Cue.

With the right sound packs there is so much room for improvement -- #steamdeck #steamos v3 does a good job with this too giving subtle cues as you navigate the UX, startup, shutdown, etc...

@splitshockvirus CISCO Certified Network Assistant? The reading behind that class is obnoxious big time.

@ribalinux I was unaware there is now a distro with the same name as https://amarok.kde.org how strange.

@yhancik honestly not the worst GeoCities I've seen, the content is, but it could use one of those right to left text scrolls that is in #HTML spec and fly's by obnoxiously fast and a 256 color #GIF background of stars or something making the text unreadable. Maybe throw in some obnoxious fonts and tables that exceed 100% of the viewport too lol

Can I subscribe to hashtags on #mastodonapp #fediverse ? I would really like to be able to subscribe to things like #mechanicalkeyboards #linux #steamdeck and many other content feeds.

@Retrograde I'm beginning to see a pattern between Google & Canonical, I see there's a KilledByGoogle.com maybe there should be a ...

@pixelfed is there a web link?

@beachscrat@mastodon Are you pretty happy with ace trucks? Would you rank them as your #1 goto?