Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] mouse wheel behavior and RFC: human interface guidelines
From: John Check (j4strngs_AT_bitless.net)
Date: Sat Aug 21 2004 - 10:31:17 EEST
On Saturday 21 August 2004 01:30 am, Lee Revell wrote:
> I just installed jack-rack and find the mouse wheel behavior a bit odd.
> The sliders are horizontal, and turning the wheel 'up' (away from you)
> decreases the slider value, and vice versa.
>
> This seems backwards to me. What does everyone else think? This is one
I agree. "Away" in most circumstances increases values and "towards" decreases
> of those things that will *have* to work the same way in every app,
> otherwise it's maddening for users, so we had better agree on it now.
> Alternatively, there has to be one place where this behavior can be set
> for all apps. What is not acceptable is for 50% to do it one way and
> 50% the other.
>
> What is really needed is a set of human interface guidelines for Linux
> audio apps. Better to do this now, while much of the code is not
> mature, than later, and have a bunch of different apps which work,
> except that the widgets work completely different from one app to
> another for no good reason other than that person A felt like doing it
> like this and person B like that. You can talk about freedom all you
> want but the users do not care about this kind of thing, it just looks
> like the left hand is not talking to the right. Professional users
> (rightfully) demand a consistent interface, unless there is a good
> reason (extra functionality) not to provide one.
>
Making things configurable so users can override and have consistency
would be acceptable..
> I would like to start putting these guidelines together. A good place
> to start is to document the behavior of the most popular and mature
> existing apps. Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> Lee
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