Just discussed this with a friend who's making a similar app to QC but for images (toolbox.app - toolboxapp.com if anyone is interested) and has a similar issue to the QC patch creator box - a massive list of patches to scroll through and find what you need in. For good interface design, ideally such lists should only contain 10 or less patches - QC with a few plugins and private patches shown can have over a hundred. So, a feature request that I guess is good for discussion here before being put in 'officially':
Split the patch creator up into a hierarchy. The first level could just list "Composite, Controller, Environment" etc. Clicking on one of these would display the actual patches under each category, perhaps in a pop up box (or maybe something like the panels view in finder, but this would take too much screen space I think). Or perhaps something like the finder panels interface, but only showing a single panel with a 'back' button to go back to a higher level? There could also be an extra layer in the hierarchy for any categories with a lot of patches (e.g. the filters category has a lot, and there are a lot of blur, tile, light and colour effects). Perhaps in a second popup? For real screen-saving, the whole structure could pop-up from the patch creator button. That would be great for working on a laptop, but probably a bit annoying where you have a lot of screen space, so perhaps both options (like the docked patch settings + separate window option). Any thoughts? Good idea or bad, or is there a better way? Chris _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
