Thanks to Steve Ball , Principal Program Manager Lead on the Windows Sound Team, we have this Q&A designed to provide additional background on the sounds of Windows Vista. Q: Why did Microsoft invest time and energy developing...
I'm posting this on behalf of my colleague Steve Ball . Hi, my name is Steve Ball and I'm a Principal Program Manager Lead on the Windows Sound Team . I'd like to take a moment and give some background on sound schemes in...
When you try the RTM version of Windows Vista, you will notice that something changed between the last release candidate and the final product -- we added new sounds to the 45 places where Windows provides an audio cue to...
There has been a lot of talk lately about sound in Windows Vista. Recently Robert Scoble talked with Steve Ball , Group Program Manager for the Windows Audio/Video Excellence Team regarding plans to hard-code the start-up...
The following is an article from another of my colleagues on the Windows Vista Sound team, Kristin Carr. Kristin is a Program Manager and works with Steve Ball , who previously has shared his insights into how Windows Vista...
The following post comes from my colleague Steve Ball , Senior Program Manager for Sound in Windows Vista, and continues his team's on-going series on how Windows Vista treats various forms of audio. ----- Part I: Why does...