On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 23:21, Jan Depner wrote: > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 04:49, Alfons Adriaensen wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 10:06:00AM +0200, Marek Peteraj wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 21:15, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > > > > > > - When I saw the collection of VST plugins that Paul Davis used > > > > to show his VST hosting in Karlsruhe, I asked myself "My god, > > > > do they all look that childish ?". > > > > > > Ask win32 and mac users how the linux audio UIs look like :) > > > > Whatever they think about linux audio UIs, that will not change > > my opinion expressed above. > > > > There are various kinds of users of audio SW; their requirements > > and opinions will vary. In my experience, most serious and > > professional users prefer a UI that is first of all functional, > > with as little clutter as possible, i.e. a UI that is designed > > by people who understand how something works and how it is > > used, rather than by the marketing department. This type of > > user may be a minority, but they are the only ones that really > > matter to me - I am neither a politician nor a salesman, and I > > have no desire to be popular. > > > > In a more general sense, a majority is not 'right' by itself, > > a majority of informed people probably is. And having paid for > > something does not qualify someone as informed. In other words, > > the consumer is not always right by definition. If he were, > > there would be no place for marketing, which has been defined > > as 'the art of disturbing rational decision making'. > > > > The audio business is full of hype and irrational behaviour. > > Lots of people seem prepared to pay 5 Eur for a meter of > > 'directional oxygen free left-twisting copper' loudspeaker > > cable. Should I take their opinion seriously ? I prefer not to. > > > > <sarcasm> Didn't you know that the consumer is *always* right. Now > stop bothering me - I want to go watch my Betamax, but first I have to > do some number crunching on my Windoze system. </sarcasm>
s/Betamax/VHS ;) Marek
