I would recommend filing bugs for them and setting the next release as the
milestone.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 3:32 AM, Tres Finocchiaro <
[email protected]> wrote:
> These are some small tweaks that I would expect to have very small work
> effort for the next release but would greatly improve usability. Comments
> welcome. These are very minor, so please let me know if they all warrant
> their own bugs, etc.
>
> - (Windows) Installer (Windows included) should have a shortuct with
> "LMMS" in the name so it can be searched for easier.
> - (Windows) Windows installer should default to SDL. We get a lot of
> Facebook messages because the default PortAudio is selected, which produces
> unbearable sound.
> - (All platforms) VSTs should be drag-and-drop. Right Click --> Open
> in new instrument-track/Song Editor works, but is inconstant with samples.
> (should they be imported from the samples folder? that's probably a
> separate conversation...)
> - (All platforms) SoundFonts should be drag-and-drop. Same story as
> VSTs. Note: Double-clicking these opens them in beat/bassline editor,
> which is rarely my use-case.
> - (Windows and Possibly GTK desktops) The File --> Open Dialog on
> Windows lacks some common folder shortcuts on the left. For starters, My
> Documents and Desktop would be a huge improvement over "My Computer", (many
> users can't effectively navigate to much via "My Computer" since Microsoft
> makes the whole "home" folder mostly hidden from common dialogs). I know
> this is normally a QT/KDE preference, but a user can drag these shortcuts
> in manually. Can these be automated by the installer?
> - (All platforms) The first time the piano roll is opened, it seems to
> be about an octave (or perhaps 3/4 of an octave) too low. What I mean is,
> you preview an instrument at it's "A" note, but when you open that piano
> roll up and click on the first "A" you see, it's an octave too low. Does
> that make sense?
>
> May or may not be easy to fix:
>
> - Files opened with Windows Explorer get added to "Recent" in the Task
> Manager, but Files opened with the File, Open dialog do not. This means
> there is two different "Recent" lists depending on how the files are
> opened. Making this consistent would help users with different workflows
> in terms of opening projects/files.
>
> -Tres
>
> - [email protected]
>
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