@Giddy_McFee I agree that nobody should try to create a new “little ideas” thread when an official one already exists… but this is hardly a little idea, so really @takeda_Salvage should RENAME THIS TOPIC to be relevant to this specific proposal.
@takeda_Salvage your suggestion is way too complicated, not quick to implement by any measure, and would spam audio like crazy. It also tries to expand EVE into a more full fledged communications platform, which it does not pretend nor intends to be. EVE communications are intended to be basic and should remain that way - in fact, this is why they removed EVE Voice years ago instead of repair the numerous issues it has had with its reliability since its inception. If you want something with bells and whistles and woop-woops, you should use a dedicated highly-configurable comm system like TS or something. If you want, many of them have overlays you can apply to the game (CCP explicitly says this is acceptable), but otherwise you can just alt-tab (make sure you have the game running in windowed mode, which you can maximize) or have it displayed on a second monitor.
CCP would never consider implementing this due to how long it would take to implement, how complicated the UI/UX would be, how annoying it would be, how redundant it would be with superior comm platforms that most players are already using, and how underutilized it would be.