I'd like to get some notion of the goals for the GUI aspect of nova. Does it have to be like pd? The GUI was a turnoff for pd to me, for two reasons: it was ugly, and it was overly mouse driven.
I think a lot of people, especially those that are inclined use pd, consider the technical aspects more than the asthetic ones. I usually agree, but I think things are different when making music. Music is art, and if the interface is ugly, it just ruins the mood. It must still be functional first of course. I'm currently in the process of trying to make the interface look superficially better. I plan on adding some color to the connection lines, and finding a better looking alternative to those dashed lines for selected objects. I figure these will be easy changes for getting familiar with the code. On the functionality front, I'd really like it to be possible to do everything without a mouse. I think implementing that would require some experimentation, but I'd think at least nodes should be nameable so they can be quickly addressed by keys. What do others think? _______________________________________________ nova-dev mailing list [email protected] http://klingt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nova-dev http://tim.klingt.org/nova
