[kronolith] Administratively disable download of sound notifications

[Anthony Messina]

On Friday, June 20, 2014 11:00:18 AM Jan Schneider wrote:
> Zitat von Anthony Messina <amessina at messinet.com>:
> > On Friday, June 20, 2014 09:48:18 AM Jan Schneider wrote:
> >> Zitat von Anthony Messina <amessina at messinet.com>:
> >> > Is there a way to disable the download of the notification sound
> >> > files at the administrative level, or even the user level?  I have my
> >> 
> >> No.
> >> 
> >> > Kronolith notification preferences set to "Inline, Email, No Sound",
> >> > but every time I click in Kronolith (dynamic interface), requests
> >> > for the sound files are issued creating unecessary connections and
> >> > downloads:
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > "GET /horde/kronolith/ HTTP/1.1" 200 23910
> >> > "GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/doorbell.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 5168
> >> > "GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/jetsndb.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 31256
> >> > "GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/gnid3.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 13688
> >> > "GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/reminder.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 23151
> >> > "GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/theetone.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 24776
> >> > "GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/doorbell.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 5168
> >> > "GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/jetsndb.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 31256
> >> > "GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/reminder.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 23151
> >> > "GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/gnid3.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 13688
> >> > "GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/theetone.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 24776
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > I did a fair amount of work in Kronolith yesterday and found that
> >> > over 16MB total for the day had been transferred just for these
> >> > sound files (which I thought I disabled with "No Sound").
> >> 
> >> Those should only be loaded when opening the event form and selecting
> >> inline notifications. At least that's what FF does.
> > 
> > Thanks, Jan.  This is what I see with FF.  Though I would expect that even
> > using inline notification, since I have set "No Sound", the files  
> > would not be
> > requested.
> > 
> > Also do you think it would be reasonable to have these sound files
> > requested using something like "If-Modified-Since" HTTP header, to
> > improve client-side caching of these files that are not likely to change?
> 
> All this is completely up to the plugin implementing the audio playing  
> in your client system.

The client system I am using to test this is Firefox.  I am using "inline" and 
"email" notification.  I am under the assumption that "inline" means the 
little orange box in the lower right corner of the browser window.

I don't see how Firefox is entirely responsible for requesting sound files (or 
not) if I have chosen "No Sound" in my preferences, unless Kronolith is 
generating content which tells Firefox to do so...

That being said, grepping through horde/kronolith/index.php, It appears that 
they are being downloaded as part of the "Load Ajax interface" section where 
the sound files are embedded in the page:

 foreach (Horde_Themes::soundList() as $key => $val) {
                $sound = htmlspecialchars($key);
                $value = sprintf('<li><input type="radio" id="%s%s" %s 
value="%s" /> <embed autostart="false" src="%s" /> %s</li>',

I'm guessing this is because I can override my Kronolith preference of "No 
Sound" when I create or modify an event and choose "inline" notification.

However the files are loaded upon entry into Kronolith, and again when I click 
in the calendar window to create or modify an event:

"GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/doorbell.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 5168
"GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/gnid3.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 13688
"GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/jetsndb.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 31256
"GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/reminder.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 23151
"GET /horde/themes/default/sounds/theetone.wav HTTP/1.1" 200 24776
"POST /horde/services/ajax.php/kronolith/listTopTags HTTP/1.1" 200 142

Perhaps the first load on entry to the calendar could be avoided, since they 
are requested again when an AJAX request is performed to create or modify an 
event.

-A

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