On 4 Jan 2006 at 23:41, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > But my point, to repeat, is that the program should make these > straightforward features clear without needing help files or manuals. > Force a choice, for example, with a radio button ([move notes to > transposed position] [copy notes to transposed position]) or provide a > hover popup as Tobias does.(transposes notes only and deletes original > notes; transposes notes and also keeps original in place). That's just > an improv on it. A test group would help clarify it.
I agree that the functionality should be "user discoverable" instead of requiring going to the manuals. But the question is: where does the functionality I needed belong in the program? It seemed like a "Composer's Assistant" kind of feature to me, so I first looked in the plug-ins. I understand why it's convenient to put the function in the transposition dialog, since it's a place to hang the feature on, and one that is easy to use once you know it's there. But it really isn't what I'd call a transposition function, and that's the problem -- there is nothing logical from a *musical* point of view that makes it obvious that this is where the function belongs. I don't know where it should be. I do know that the transposition dialog is not a place that would come to mind intuitively. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
