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Posted by Ed Mullen on 11/28/07 03:14
Mika wrote:
> "Ed Mullen" <ed@edmullen.net> wrote in message
> news:JuydncROB8siDtbanZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
>> Previously when I visited the page I had my sound muted. This time (by
>> chance) I did not, and it was set quite low, but still enough to drive the
>> subwoofer on my system. I became quite alarmed as we live in an area where
>> destructive storms and tornadoes are not all that uncommon
>> Thanks so much for the scare.
>
> I hope once you can look back and laugh at this you may be able to come back
> and say it was unreasonable of you to blame us for not thinking of subwoofer
> users living in tornado regions.
I'm not angry with you and I didn't "blame" you for anything. I merely
pointed out an actual scenario of how defaulting sound to "on" could be
a very unwelcome thing for a user.
>
> For a number of reasons we have defaulted the sound to 'off', as well as
> removing what people thought were 'waves on a beach'. A beach that had
> lorries on it.
Very wise and much appreciated. Fewer surprise sounds on the Web is a
good thing.
> We have now made several major changes based on constructive feedback at
> these groups, and it is welcomed when made in a friendly way, so thank you.
>
> Mika
HTH.
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