At 4/7/2006 12:44 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: >On Apr 7, 2006, at 12:22 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >> (Whoever decided that turnable knobs on a computer screen are a good >> idea should be prosecuted!) >> > >I agree with you, but here's something that made my life easier. > >Think of the knob as a clock. > >If you move from centre to anywhere between noon and 3 o'clock, the >value goes up. Don't try to turn the knob with a rotary motion, just >move in a straight line north-east. > >If you move from centre to anywhere between 6 and 9 o'clock, the value >goes down. Move straight south-west. > >Never mind the late afternoon (3 to 6), nor late night (9 to midnight) >areas. The knob could turn opposite to what you want it to, or barely >move at all in these areas. > >It's kind of as if they had mounted a slider at a 45 degrees angle. >Stupid, yes, but that's how it works.
Wow. I have never seen one of those. And to think I was complaining about the NEC: + - up down system. Even though they are difficult to work with, they ARE intuitive. Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
