gnome-applet-volume-control is a huge usability regression

[Ric Moore]

On 08/19/2012 10:38 AM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
> On 19-08-12 13:00, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> On Sunday 19 August 2012 06:39:59 Colin Law did opine:
>>
>>> On 19 August 2012 11:02, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>>>> Greetings all;
>>>>
>>>> Ubuntu-10.04.4 LTS
>>>>
>>>> Some so-called update in the last 2 weeks has moved the system volume
>>>> control from my keyboard, to a teeny little icon in the notifier
>>>> applet.
> Gene,I have ubuntu 1o.04 also on a phenom II system (self-build). After
> a lot of problems with gnome - and especially the unity disaster - I
> installed xfce as GUI which is fully updated and the problems you
> describe are, in my opinion, typically gnome-related as the
> Ubuntu-developers are apparently not so familiar any more with gnome-II.
> On another system (my wife's) I have xubuntu 12.04 installed, also fully
> updated and there is also no problem with sound. However, my Logitec
> speaker-system conveniently has a volume knob and even a switch to kill
> sound instantly.

I installed pavucontrol on my taskbar, so I can click it and instantly 
switch devices and/or their settings. Ric



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