Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Knobs / widget design (radial movement)
From: Thorsten Wilms (t_w__AT_freenet.de)
Date: Fri Jun 25 2004 - 22:35:15 EEST
On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:09:24PM +0100, Dave Griffiths wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 19:29, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> > Besides, we were talking about widgets. When even single
> > widgets would require to RTFM, what would that mean
> > for a full app?
>
> I think there is a danger here of being too conservative - something I
> think existing commercial software does (in a sense it has to). We have
> to opportunity to try out new ideas that may indeed confuse a user used
> to current interface standards - but as long as there is a clear logic
> to whats going on it should be a rapid learning curve.
I'm all for trying out new things (that should be obvious by now).
But a widget should not need documentation, users should be
able to figure all major features out by themselves.
Additional features accessibe by modifier keys are the only thing
where I think it's ok if there's no visiual hint.
--- Thorsten
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