Thanks, Michael, the "System Preferences>General" is a good tip. What I'm talking about you can see on the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hyt99as8d5si7dj/Screen%20Shot%202013-10-18.tiff While I do understand that Apple doesn't like scroll bars anymore, you must admit that such a dialog box might be a little confusing for beginners and professionals alike. It certainly was for me! MM, are you listening? BTW: do you know where the Finale Preferences have gone to? Cheers! Eric ***************************************** Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburgerverlag.de ***************************************** On 18.10.2013, at 10:23, Michael <launay-c...@gmx.net> wrote: >> But, I mean, what kind of interface is _that_!? > > Not a good one. Scroll bars shouldn't be being used for incremental changes > such as those found in the Key Signature or Time Signature tools. Apple has > provided up/down arrows to be used where a value can be altered by set > increments. Finale actually uses these arrows in other situations: you can > see them, for instance, in the Playback Controls window. Next to the arrows > is a field where you can enter a numerical value directly if you prefer. > > If you want to always see scroll bars in Mac OS X, you can set this in System > Preferences> General. > > For those places in Finale where scroll bars are being used instead of the > more appropriate arrows + number field, tell MakeMusic about it. I have > already voiced my displeasure here and I know that others have done the same. > It's the usual story: if more users show dissatisfaction, MakeMusic are more > likely to do something about it. > > Best wishes, > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
