[MlMt] new mail notification sound

Baron Fujimoto freron.com at monkeybutt.com
Thu Apr 19 19:27:22 UTC 2012


On Thu, 19 Apr 2012, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 19 Apr 2012, at 0:38, Baron Fujimoto wrote:
>
>> As far as I can tell, MailMate should not configured to play any sounds
>> when new mail arrives, yet whenever a new message arrives in the INBOX
>> folder of my source, the "glass" sound plays.  The only place I could find
>> that seemed relevant was Preference > Counters > Sound. Am I missing
>> correct place to turn this off somewhere?
>
> Not really. You are just the victim of bad user interface design.
>
> MailMate allows you to configure 4 counters, one for each corner of the 
> dock icon. This is what is illustrated by the four dots in the left side 
> of the Counters preferences pane. You simply need to find the counter 
> with the “Glass” sound and then change it to “None”.
>
> Originally, the Counters interface was a quick temporary solution. I 
> still plan to change how this works, but it is not yet a high priority. 
> I'll see if I can change the wording used below the dots to be less 
> ambiguous.

Ah, I see how it works now.  I had assumed the settings in the right side
of that preferences panel were independent of the positioning settings
on the left side.  I see now that they are per position setting.  I've
found the elusive "glass" notification and disabled it.


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