- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:01:17 +0000 (UTC)
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Adele Peterson wrote: > > The spec currently says that the default volume level is 0.5. In > WebKit's initial implementation, we have received feedback that the > audio seems much too soft. If a user has already adjusted their > device's volume to their liking, then I think 1.0 should correspond to > that level, and that should be the default. This will enable the > browser to have similar volume levels to other applications on the > system, and will respect the system volume. On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Philip J?genstedt wrote: > > I support this change, ???assuming that volume 1.0 corresponds to > digital 0 dB. This way, no volume adjustment is needed by default, which > seems like a sensible... default. On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Chris Double wrote: > > I agree. I've noticed with the Firefox implementation that defaulting to > 0.5 is too quiet and can cause a bit of confusion with people adjusting > the system volume to make it louder - which makes other apps even > louder. Fixed. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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