On 1/6/06, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Transposition with expanded options. Canonic utilities with > expanded options. Hmmm... and suddenly, there is the idea for > a new item that covers both (discoverable from multiple paths) > that is a linear motion modification activity. [Transposition, > Doubling, Parallel Motion, Canonic Utilities] is essentially > one palette of options dealing with the many ways of displacing > pitches while maintaining their melodic contour."
I think that's an excellent idea. However, the problem with doing a UI overhaul is that certain people are already used to the "musically illogical" placement of features.. we noticed the problem when "Show Active Layer Only" changed menus from from View to Options. If features were totally rearranged, there would be no end of support requests from people who just use a few features, and know where they are, but don't know the rest of the program that well. Even if these changes made all the sense in the world, they could and would be terribly confusing to users of earlier versions. I'm not saying that there should be no search for a way to make all those menus and dialogs more independently discoverable, but that any such venture should be undertaken with a great deal of thought and consideration for its ramifications. -- Brad Beyenhof Real-time Finale discussion: http://www.finaleirc.com my blog: http://augmentedfourth.blogspot.com Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right. ~ Igor Stravinsky _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
