Re: [linux-audio-dev] read it and drool

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] read it and drool
From: Jussi Laako (jussi_AT_jlaako.pp.fi)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2000 - 20:18:47 EET


Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> It seems to violate nearly every GUI rule there is. Knobs never belong on
> a GUI.

Why? Command line (ala Snd or EcaSound) is better?
Knobs are also commonly used in industrial (MMI) applications along with
with meters that look like thermometers, tanks or needle analog meters.

I do quite alot of development with National Instrument's LabWindows/CVI
which has loads of realworld-looking widgets. Those are great, because you
can "read" state of large system at single glance.

Knobs save space and fit perfectly well to many applications. Many today's
GUIs (especially in Linux) look like ones designed by engineer for engineer.

I like Snd, but I don't have time to learn it well and it almost lacks
documentation. Ecasound may be great, but I don't have time to learn it
either. I've got work to do and I have to choose tool that helps me do the
work as quickly as possible. So I'm still booting to this crappy Win98 to
use CoolEdit...

GDAM is really great piece of software, but I'm still waiting for it to
become stable. I would also like Pioneer DJM-600 looking GUI to it. It's GUI
is still too slow to use for realtime performance...

 - Jussi Laako

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