Firefox find bonk sound

October 2, 2005 1:33 PM

Firefox pet peeve: whilst using the otherwise brilliant "find" feature, and typing in some text that isn't found in the page, there's this "bonk" sound, which is offputting at first, then progressively passes through annoying to maddening, especially at 4am when your wife is sleeping and you forgot to turn of the speakers. Is there a way to turn of this "bonk"?
posted by signal to computers & internet (8 comments total)

Type "about:config" into the address bar and press enter. A list of settings should appear. Type "sound" into the search field at the top of the list and press enter. Double-click on the "accessibility.typeaheadfind.enablesound" to turn off that sound.
posted by mbrubeck at 1:37 PM on October 2, 2005

This thread also has tips for disabling other sounds in Firefox.
posted by mbrubeck at 1:38 PM on October 2, 2005

Thanks for the tip, its always driven me crazy as well.
posted by Atreides at 2:17 PM on October 2, 2005

You can also change the sound to something you find less annoying. The item "accessibility.typeaheadfind.soundURL" may be changed to a URI pointing to any supported file you like. The value "file://c|/windows/media/chimes.wav" changes it to the Windows system sound Chimes, for instance.
posted by dhartung at 2:24 PM on October 2, 2005

More general advice: I plug in a set of earbuds into the headphone jack of my computer, and then don't wear them. I can still hear sounds, very faintly, so I don't miss notification sounds, but it blends into the background noise and I'm not annoyed.
posted by breath at 3:09 PM on October 2, 2005

Note: You might need to restart Firefox for the new setting to take effect.
posted by michaelkuznet at 3:21 PM on October 2, 2005

If you're a Mac user, you might want to check out Detour.
posted by danb at 4:11 PM on October 2, 2005

mbrubeck: new personal hero.

michaelkuznet: yep.

Thanks!
posted by signal at 9:29 PM on October 2, 2005