Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Virtual Sliders Considered Harmful
From: Paul Barton-Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Fri May 26 2000 - 15:05:36 EEST
In message <20000526052516Z18593-27225+18921_AT_nic.funet.fi>you write:
>>From: Paul Barton-Davis <pbd_AT_Op.Net>
>>
>>You need to experience the Steinberg model for knobs (I use it in all
>>my apps now). To adjust the knob, you move the mouse up and
>>down. Moving the mouse horizontally changes the scale of the motion
>
>Logic Audio has similar. What happens when the knob is near the edge
>of screen?
You move the mouse toward the other edge. The important unit is
absolute distance from the center of the control element, not the
direction left or right.
>What if one has virtual screens in X -- user has to watch
>actively he doesn't change virtual screen accidentally...?
sure, but the knob will keep working, and you can move back if need
be. this is a perennial hazard with virtual screens, and applies to an
GUI element that responds to mouse motion.
--p
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