On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 08:39:36PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote: > > How about velocity sensitive knobs like OhmForce plugs use. Uggh.
> I think radial adjustment is the clearest, most obvious way for a knob > to move.. it is a knob after all. A newbie sitting down at the machine > isn't going to try to drag it vertically, they're going to try to "turn" Actually, I think vertical is most obvious, based on my watching people. Radial is confusing to people. Popping up a little vertical meter also helps indicate that the control moves up and down. > Of course, this is leaving out linear coarse adjustment, but can we > really come up with a way of having all of them? Yet another hotkey :/ A global option is the only way to make everyone happy. > I really do think radial should be the left-button default though, it's > just what a knob visually suggest it should do. If linear should be the > default, the widget itself should be a fader IMHO. Think of the poor > newbs! :) Watch the poor newbs! I'd accept the results of a real usability test. Get 25 people who have no music software experience or very little, and give them a set of tasks with two UIs. Ask for results, and watch the confusion. I'd live with it (though I'll hack in linear control on my own box, if I lose the bet :) Tim
