[haiku-development] Re: Include sound volume icon in deskbar by default

Hi Ithamar,

On 05/12/2010 10:50 PM, Ithamar R. Adema wrote:
I guess this could be handled reasonably subtle by a simple script at post-install time, like the ssh key and mime db is?
Probably, but that way it does not handle the case where installing an audio driver post-install, or plugging in an USB audio card, you would not get the icon. Maybe the MediaServer can handle it better?
Haiku can be shipped with the checkbox in the media preflet on by default. Optionally, a mechanism can determine if the icon needs to be displayed depending on availability of audio channels. So: 
checkbox enabled, no sound card: no icon
checkbox enabled, sound card: icon
checkbox disabled: no icon.
It might tip people immediately if their audio driver is not working, if they see no icon after install :) 

Regards,
Pieter

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