1171949 - Play a sound when a chat message is received

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Hello (Loop) :: Client, defect, P1)

Description

[Mike de Boer [:mikedeboer]]

1) We'll need a sound file (.ogg format) for the incoming message notification.
2) Implement playing that sound once a message is received from the remote party.

Romain, can you provide us with this sound file or should we re-use an existing one?

Comment 1

[Romain Testard [:RT]]

FYI I'm looking into getting the following sounds with a consultant per discussions with Abr and Sevaan:

1 First message received in a conversation (prominent)
2 New message received in an existing conversation when the window is not in front/focus
3 New message received with the window in front/focus (extremely subtle)
4 Review of the current sounds (someone joined/connected/disconnected) and at least make the "someone joined" sound more noticeable

The target is to provide the sounds before the end of the Aurora 41 cycle.

Comment 2

[Romain Testard [:RT]]

Discussed whith Sevaan who said he may be able to help, Sevaan I NI yuo so you can provide an update when you know more.

Comment 3

[Sevaan Franks [:sevaan]]

Attachment: Chat Sounds

My brother Sebastian has provided a couple options. We can make adjustments as needed. Do any of these sounds resonate with people?

Comment 4

[Mike de Boer [:mikedeboer]]

Sevaan, RT talks about three distinct sounds in comment 1... Which sound does Sebastian think fits with which scenario?

Comment 5

[Sevaan Franks [:sevaan]]

What do you guys think of just using 'Chat Sound.wav' and having it play at two different volumes? A louder one for when you are off the tab (including the first chat message), and then a more subtle one for when you are on the tab, so it's not as annoying?

Comment 6

[Romain Testard [:RT]]

(In reply to Sevaan Franks [:sevaan] from comment #5)
> What do you guys think of just using 'Chat Sound.wav' and having it play at
> two different volumes? A louder one for when you are off the tab (including
> the first chat message), and then a more subtle one for when you are on the
> tab, so it's not as annoying?

That sounds good to me.

Comment 7

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

I'm still interested in working on this bug, but I'm unlikely to get time until at least Monday, so letting go of it for now in case someone feels like picking it up in the interim.

Comment 8

[Adam Roach [:abr]]

(In reply to Sevaan Franks [:sevaan] from comment #5)
> What do you guys think of just using 'Chat Sound.wav' and having it play at
> two different volumes? A louder one for when you are off the tab (including
> the first chat message), and then a more subtle one for when you are on the
> tab, so it's not as annoying?

I like the sound, but I think that we need something that is not just quieter, but actually less distracting (less complex) and shorter in duration for the messages that arrive in a focused window. In fact, I think it would be okay to omit the audio alert for these messages.

I do think that something louder and -- just as importantly -- longer in duration for an initial message in a session would be far better than having the same noise for all messages in an unfocused window, but I don't feel strongly enough about it to stand in the way.

Comment 9

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

Attachment: Play a sound when a chat message is received for Loop.

This implements a basic sound for when text messages are received.

This has been pair reviewed by dmose in person.

Comment 10

[Pulsebot]

https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/fx-team/rev/edda2b44b087

Comment 11

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/edda2b44b087

Comment 12

[Bogdan Maris, Desktop QA]

I did some exploratory testing across platforms (Windows 7 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.10.4 and Ubuntu 14.04 32-bit) using latest Aurora 41.0a2 and can confirm the sound can be heard without any problem when receiving a message.