Projects/Oxygen/Sound Theme Naming Specification

• NOTE - This section is under HEAVY development. Keep it as an orphaned page for the time being.

Overview

Sound is an important element used to communicate with users. It is important, then, that there be a unified and simplified way of organizing sounds.

Context

The contexts for a sound theme are (these are more or less placeholders as this schema is sorted out):

Table 1. Sound Theme Contexts

Name	Description	Directory
System Events	Sounds which are generally used to notify the user of events relating to the system, ie: startup, warning dialogs, etc	system
User Interface Events	Sounds associated with the desktop environment, such as minimize, shade, or kicker events	ui
Misc. Application Events	Sounds associated with application events, such as a successful cd burn, which don't fit within other categories	application

System Events

A list for now

• Network events
• Startup
• Shutdown
• Hibernate
• Standby
• Close Program
• Critical Stop
• Default Beep
• Exit
• Menu Popup
• Open Program
• Program Error
• Question
• Restore Down
• Restore Up
• Select
• Show Toolbar
• System Notification
• Logoff
• Logon

User Interface Events

Desktop UI

Table 3. Desktop UI

Name	Description	Filename
Minimize
Minimize to Tray
Maximize
Restore
Restore from Tray
Shade Up
Shade Down
Icon Hover
Icon Select

Menu UI

Table 3. Menu UI

Name	Description	Filename
Menu Button Select	Selecting the K Menu	menu-button-select
Menu Browse	Browsing through the menu, on a new menu item hover	menu-browse
Menu Item Select	Selecting a menu item	menu-item-select

Application Level Events

Communication Events

Table 3. Communication Events

Name	Description	Filename
New Email	A new email message is received	new-email
New IM	a new instant message is received	new-message
New alert
Name mentioned in chat room?
Connected to messaging service
Disconnected from messaging service
Person Joins
Person Leaves
Receive Call
Receive Request to Join
Contact Online

Miscellaneous and Cross-Category Events

• Successful (cd burn, file transfer, etc. Possibly separate these)

Hardware Events

• Critical Battery Alarm
• Device Connect
• Device Disconnect
• Device Failed to Connect
• Low Battery Alarm
• Print Complete?

File/Web Browser

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References

• Tango Icon Specification