[Xerte] Interface Volume Control

Wed Mar 10 12:11:32 GMT 2010

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_560

Accessibility: I can tab to the volume control. Great. I want to use the
up and down arrow keys to change the level. Great. If I press the up
arrow key, flash says 'Ah - you want to move to the control above, and
the focus moves away'.

How do I stop this (before I go nuts)?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Johnathan
Kemp
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:21 AM
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control

If there are a number of sound or movie files with different audio
levels then having one global sound control will not solve the problem
of having to adjust the sound each time you play one of the movies. I
don't know whether there is any way to pass a parameter to the swf that
plays the movies to adjust the initial sound level either louder than
default or lower than a default volume, though that could get
complicated.

It would be useful to have a volume control, but if it becomes part of
the controls displayed when visual is set to 1 on the interface, then
anyone not using the default interface will have to also introduce a
volume control into their interface.

If the volume control could become part of the media control bar that is
displayed when a movie or sound file is played, then this would ensure
that it was available even when the default interface was not used. The
snag here is that it would not be available for swfs where Interactivity
was set to Native swf.

Perhaps the optimum solution would be to include the volume control in
the default interface, but to provide an easy way to embed the volume
control into any custom interface that was being used when
interface.visuals = 0.

Kind regards

Johnathan

Johnathan Kemp
ICT Development Coordinator
Connexions Staffordshire
www.cxstaffs.co.uk <http://www.cxstaffs.co.uk/> 
01785 355714

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From: Adam Read [mailto:aread at marjon.ac.uk] 
Sent: 10 March 2010 08:45
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control

I use the continue button, bottom right is indeed the logical place I
think.

Adam

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 09 March 2010 21:52
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control

Could it go in the bottom toolbar, between the combos and the continue
button? I could remove the text from the continue button, to make some
space and replace it with a tooltip, and then put a volume slider in
there? Does that work?

Do people use the continue button, or the next button in the top right
more? I think the continue button is in a very logical place in the
bottom left, but I tend to use the next button. The continue button will
lose something if it gets too cramped with the other controls I think.

Not sure where else the volume control could logically go? I'm not sure
I want to interfere with the standard media controller too much - I'd
prefer one control for global sound control..?

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Peter Snowball
Sent: Tue 09/03/2010 12:03
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Interface Volume Control

Is it possible to add a volume control to the interface (preferable) or
movie or sound icons.  I havew a few movies and the audio volume varies.

Peter Snowball
Dept Of Economic Development
Tasmania

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