spun off from bug 185905. find as you type should use the win32 OS beep for notifications. mail notification and popup blocking does this by default. since win32 offers a control panel where the user can change the sound, the configuration should go there --rather than adding complexity / bloat to mozilla.

*** Bug 207402 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

You can just set user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind.soundURL", "beep"); to get this behaviour.

Rationale: on Mac or Linux, if you are deaf, the checkbox in your system prefs that you checked when you first got your computer causes the window/titlebar to flash for typeaheadfind, on Windows you have to either keep looking down to the statusbar, or discover that changing a hidden pref will make it work; on Mac or Linux, if you are working at the library or somewhere else quiet, telling your OS to shut up will shut up typeaheadfind, on Windows you have to either know about and remember an unobvious pref for SeaMonkey, or a hidden pref for Firefox.

*** Bug 331990 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 315354 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment on attachment 216613 [details] [diff] [review] fix Ok, worth a shot, especially in alpha.

Comment on attachment 216613 [details] [diff] [review] fix Maybe I can make it aaronlev's fault this way instead ;)

Comment on attachment 216613 [details] [diff] [review] fix Sorry Phil, I don't own this code anymore. Don't want anything to do with it.

Comment on attachment 216613 [details] [diff] [review] fix Let's get this on branch too, get the real feedback!

mozilla/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js 3.585.2.28 mozilla/modules/libpref/src/init/all.js 3.628

oops