Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Knobs / widget design
From: Tim Hockin (thockin_AT_hockin.org)
Date: Thu Jun 10 2004 - 04:35:37 EEST
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:17:21PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> If it's determined that linear is indeed better I think the knob should
> change into something that makes it clear that up/down linear movement
> is what's required then.
>
> Grabbing a knob and moving the mouse up and down just isn't intuitive,
> and smashes the hardware metaphor to tiny little bits.
It's not as bad as you want to make it. It really is not confusing. But
I like the notion of popping up a little meter when you grab a knob. It
visually indicates which knob is grabbed, and indicates linearity.
So who is gonna do the behavioral study? :)
We can all take individual data points and have a data-gatherer...
my non-geek, non-music girlfriend and friends would help us test :)
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