On Monday 31 July 2006 4:46, Andraž Tori wrote: > Not to be too negative, but this suggestion is in the same effort range > as the original one. > > If you want to make it easier to use to the level you want it, you need > to rewrite most of the source base anyway. Having two different > interfaces also more than doubles the amount of bugs related to > complexity of source code.
Dang, it sounded like an interesting idea - but I see your point. > > i appreciate the input, but this is not realistic. if anyone thinks it > is ... start submitting code. i will be delighted if i am proven wrong. isn't that the best part of OSS? > > > Why don't you use Diva? Is it ready for use yet? I thought it was like pre-pre-pre-release at the moment. When it's done I'll certainly hand newbies off to it so they can learn the in's and out's of editing concepts (like, I started on iMovie on a rev2 iMac) - then move them over when they want to have some real fun... Wes > > bye > andraz > > On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 07:09 +0300, Dimitrios wrote: > > I can see what Jordan Nash is trying to say and i'm not going to be > > offended by his email. It is true, cinelerra is not user friendly and the > > learning curve is indeed steep. > > > > I also believe that starting over isn't doable. Lets face it, cinelerra > > is beign developed by a small group of developers, there just isn't time, > > money and resources to redesign cinellera from scratch. > > > > Beign realistic, i can see an alternative route: > > > > --> 2 interfaces! > > > > The user loads cinellera for the first time and gets a dialog: "Welcome > > to cinellera, would you like the Basic Interface or the Expert > > Interface?" > > > > In other words, we keep the current interface and just add a "lighter" > > version along with it. All advanced features will only exist in the > > "Expert Interface" while all the "Basic Interface" will have only the > > simple features for working on simple projects. > > > > The new "Basic Interface" can be designed for usability, with hits, > > explanations and simple buttons. As intuitive and understandable as > > possible. > > > > I believe this solution is viable interms of development. > > > > I welcome your thoughts. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cinelerra mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > _______________________________________________ > Cinelerra mailing list > [email protected] > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
