At Sun, 20 Jun 2004 18:16:54 +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > The usual spinboxes with their tiny up/down arrow buttons made me > think about an alternative. Since using more height than a > textfield has would make layout very troublesome, my solution is > placing the buttons horizontaly.
I think you are *really* on to something here. > I think the variations with arrows are less pleasant to look > at. Using - and + also avoids confusion with option menus. But I > would like to hear everyone's opinion on that. I prefer -/+ myself, it seems easier to assess at a glance. > I don't know if showing the value as bar in the background is a good > idea in the end, because it might be confusing (?) Perhaps hiding the numbers, and only showing them if the user mouses over the texbox or clicks on it? I definitely think these are a major improvement over spinbuttons as far as audio apps are concerned. My only question is if they're superior to traditional knobs/sliders. I think the only way to tell would be to implement and compare. -Pete
