At 05:48 PM 12/14/2005, David W. Fenton wrote:
>different email address, but I was amused at the remark above, since
>it tends to cast me as someone who takes pleasure in pointing out
>user interface infelicities.
Not that you take *pleasure* -- I don't think any of us does -- but
that you tend to be more vocal and more explicit in (accurately)
pointing out some of Finale's design deficiencies.
>I do think that circular knobs do have no place whatsoever in a
>computer UI that is manipulated by a mouse, since there is no
>possible mouse motion that can ever be as easy or intuitive as
>turning a knob with physical fingers is.
Agreed.
>I gather from the fact that you mention me here that this rant is
>something of a re-run, though -- I have no memory of having said this
>before, but if I did, I was right then, too! :)
I think there was once a discussion of the knobs in the new mixer
view, which as Darcy mentions need to be grabbed and "rotated".
Awkward, but at least somewhat intuitive as far as what to do with
them. This whole idea of treating a knob as though it were a slider
makes *no* sense whatsoever. I had been trying to rotate them, with
poor results, and it was only by complete accident that I stumbled on
the "correct" way to manipulate them.
As I said, the UI for the Kontakt player is even worse. Imagine a
knob that controls L to R pan -- and the way you move the knob is by
dragging up and down!
Aaron.
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