Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Nick Copeland
From: d...@drobilla.net P.S. Tell us some more about good UI, nickycopeland at *hotmail* (LOL) Dave, was that a joke or are you just rhetorically answering your own questions? This is a browser interface. I agree with you, it stinks. All these little grey javaboxes do at least let me read

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote: * Why is the dream of having a stable and universally available browser/JS environment any more realistic than the failed Java one ? What makes you (I don't mean PS personally) so sure it won't fail in the same way ? All big software

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:33 AM, David Robillard wrote: Ah, is that all we need? I never realised it was so simple. Can I have them in some dull, boring grey colour with sad square boxes? You know, something that really inspires and that will convince every iPad user that their ubercool

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:33:16PM +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: Every time a developer uses a text entry widget next to a slider for entering precise value, god kills a kitten. Which means that half of linux audio developers are in charge for the kitten genocide :) $GOD should kill the

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote: For darktable we examined the slider from phat and created a similar new, more usable widget which combines a label and a slider. You can enter precise value after a right click inside the slider area, and you can use pretty much

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 05:59:40PM +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote: For darktable we examined the slider from phat and created a similar new, more usable widget which combines a label and a slider. You can enter precise value after

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Egor Sanin
Not a real solution. You now have a value that is not represented by a slider position. Touching the slider will destroy it with no way to return to it except by typing the value again. If you use both slider and direct entry methods, you are aware of the different behaviour. If you are aware

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 09:55:31AM -0500, Egor Sanin wrote: If you are aware of the different behaviour, and still use the slider, you want to change the current value. I may want to explore the effect of a change and return to the original value. If you don't want to change the current

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Paul Davis
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Fons Adriaensen f...@linuxaudio.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 09:55:31AM -0500, Egor Sanin wrote: If you are aware of the different behaviour, and still use the slider, you want to change the current value. I may want to explore the effect of a change

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:14:46AM -0500, Paul Davis wrote: If you don't want to change the current value, don't touch the slider. Very easily done accidentally in a dense layout. its not clear to me how any GUI controller that responds to mouse motion can be immune to this issue.

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, November 22, 2011 11:06:43 AM Fons Adriaensen did opine: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 09:55:31AM -0500, Egor Sanin wrote: If you are aware of the different behaviour, and still use the slider, you want to change the current value. I may want to explore the effect of a change and

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Nick Copeland
From: f...@linuxaudio.org To: linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org Subject: Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 05:59:40PM +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Fons Adriaensen wrote: For darktable we

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Egor Sanin
Which toolkit is this? See above: The code is here: http://darktable.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=darktable/darktable;a=tree;f=src/ dtgtk Having the graphical position of the slider/pot define its value sounds a little broken. I may be missing something here. The purpose of a

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Nick Copeland
This is sent with apologies to Fons who now has about 50,000 copies of the same submit grace of hotmail (great web interface). From: f...@linuxaudio.org To: nickycopel...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 06:05:51PM +0100

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-22 Thread Egor Sanin
be honest: the graphical display is output, not input. Yes, certainly, but If you are using a toolkit that has a data flow of the following: pointer motion-graphical display-values-application-output Well, basically that is broken as you have a flow that is

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 02:40:11AM +0100, Patrick Shirkey wrote: Stability of a functioning build environment does have it's merits. Sure. But I don't see it happen - ever. Because it essentially means to stop innovation. Building 'the perfect world' once and for all has been a dream during

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Neil C Smith
David, With the greatest respect to you, and I have a lot of sympathy with your ideas of GUI's using browser / JS technology, your comments on Java are bordering on FUD.  I also don't understand the general anti-Java diatribe - it's a library, and it has its uses - why treat it as somehow

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread David Robillard
On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 10:26 +, Fons Adriaensen wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 02:40:11AM +0100, Patrick Shirkey wrote: Stability of a functioning build environment does have it's merits. Sure. But I don't see it happen - ever. Because it essentially means to stop innovation.

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread David Robillard
On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 10:36 +, Neil C Smith wrote: David, With the greatest respect to you, and I have a lot of sympathy with your ideas of GUI's using browser / JS technology, your comments on Java are bordering on FUD. I also don't understand the general anti-Java diatribe - it's a

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread james
: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:40:36 To: Neil C Smithn...@neilcsmith.net Cc: linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org Subject: Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 10:36 +, Neil C Smith wrote: David, With the greatest respect to you, and I have a lot of sympathy

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread David Robillard
On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 18:59 +, ja...@jwm-art.net wrote: I'm no gamer but even I know games can be have been written in java. Minecraft springs to mind. A very interesting 3d block game. The one famous for having almost artistically primitive graphics? Funny, that :) Don't get me wrong, I

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Nick Copeland
From: d...@drobilla.net On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 18:59 +, ja...@jwm-art.net wrote: I'm no gamer but even I know games can be have been written in java. Minecraft springs to mind. A very interesting 3d block game. The one famous for having almost artistically primitive graphics? Yes, and

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread David Robillard
On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 20:35 +0100, Nick Copeland wrote: From: d...@drobilla.net On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 18:59 +, ja...@jwm-art.net wrote: I'm no gamer but even I know games can be have been written in java. Minecraft springs to mind. A very interesting 3d block game. The one

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Nick Copeland
Subject: RE: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs From: d...@drobilla.net As for UIs, there is precisely one platform available by default on almost all devices: the browser. Period. How much a bunch of Unix curmudgeons or Java fans dislike that fact doesn't change

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:14:46PM +0100, Nick Copeland wrote: What I am trying to say is that just because every system has a hammer does not mean you have to support nails. Screws will still always have a use but people may just have to get a driver from somewhere to use them. :-) :-)

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Louigi Verona
Hey guys! I have worked several years as a web developer and continue to create personal projects actively. What can I say - the web obviously has lots to offer. However, the client-side has more promises than actual accomplishments, especially when it comes to cross-browser things. Want it or

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Rui Nuno Capela
On 11/21/2011 09:14 PM, Nick Copeland wrote: ... What I am trying to say is that just because every system has a hammer does not mean you have to support nails. Screws will still always have a use but people may just have to get a driver from somewhere to use them. +1 for best maslow's

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread David Robillard
On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 00:41 +0300, Louigi Verona wrote: Hey guys! I have worked several years as a web developer and continue to create personal projects actively. What can I say - the web obviously has lots to offer. However, the client-side has more promises than actual accomplishments,

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Nick Copeland
Subject: Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs From: d...@drobilla.net All we need is a couple of sliders and knobs and such. It's quite straight forward Ah, is that all we need? I never realised it was so simple. Can I have them in some dull, boring grey colour

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:42:31PM +0100, Nick Copeland wrote: Subject: Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs From: d...@drobilla.net All we need is a couple of sliders and knobs and such. It's quite straight forward Ah, is that all we need? I never realised

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread David Robillard
On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 23:42 +0100, Nick Copeland wrote: Subject: Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs From: d...@drobilla.net All we need is a couple of sliders and knobs and such. It's quite straight forward Ah, is that all we need? I never realised it was so

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread David Robillard
On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 22:57 +, Fons Adriaensen wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:42:31PM +0100, Nick Copeland wrote: Subject: Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs From: d...@drobilla.net All we need is a couple of sliders and knobs and such. It's quite

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:32:51 -0500 David Robillard d...@drobilla.net wrote: Call me crazy, but I'll take clarity and usability over blind emulation and stupid little pixmaps of physical buttons any day. See, I find stupid little grey boxes a lot less clear and usable than pixmap controls.

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread Patrick Shirkey
On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 00:41 +0300, Louigi Verona wrote: Hey guys! I have worked several years as a web developer and continue to create personal projects actively. What can I say - the web obviously has lots to offer. However, the client-side has more promises than actual accomplishments,

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread James Morris
On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:33:38 -0500 David Robillard d...@drobilla.net wrote: On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 22:57 +, Fons Adriaensen wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:42:31PM +0100, Nick Copeland wrote: Subject: Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs From: d

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-21 Thread David Robillard
edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs From: d...@drobilla.net All we need is a couple of sliders and knobs and such. It's quite straight forward Ah, is that all we need? I never realised it was so simple. Can I have them in some dull, boring grey colour with sad

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread hollunder
On Sat, 2011-11-19 at 11:53 -0800, Iain Duncan wrote: On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Stefano D'Angelo zanga.m...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/11/19 David Robillard d...@drobilla.net: [...] Writing one UI that works on all reasonable devices for free with zero

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread Paul Davis
On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:04 AM, hollun...@lavabit.com wrote: I realize this question might be provokative, but I've never seen this comparison before and am genuinely interested in your opinion. Both java and browser/JS are cross platform. Both are available on almost every device out

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread Neil C Smith
Well, as a Java dev I felt the need to interject! :-) iPhone is still a problem, but desktop is easy - just ship with an embedded JVM in the same way you embed webkit. The capabilities and performance of the Java VM are still well ahead of JavaScript, which is not the same as saying it's the way

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread Paul Davis
On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Neil C Smith n...@neilcsmith.net wrote: Well, as a Java dev I felt the need to interject! :-) iPhone is still a problem, but desktop is easy - just ship with an embedded JVM in the same way you embed webkit. and therein lies the difference to: visit

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread Stefano D'Angelo
2011/11/20 Paul Davis p...@linuxaudiosystems.com: On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Neil C Smith n...@neilcsmith.net wrote: Well, as a Java dev I felt the need to interject! :-) iPhone is still a problem, but desktop is easy - just ship with an embedded JVM in the same way you embed webkit.

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread Neil C Smith
On 20 November 2011 13:58, Paul Davis p...@linuxaudiosystems.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Neil C Smith n...@neilcsmith.net wrote: Well, as a Java dev I felt the need to interject! :-) iPhone is still a problem, but desktop is easy - just ship with an embedded JVM in the same

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread David Robillard
On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 06:04 -0500, hollun...@lavabit.com wrote: [...] I realize this question might be provokative, but I've never seen this comparison before and am genuinely interested in your opinion. Both java and browser/JS are cross platform. Both are available on almost every device out

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread Patrick Shirkey
On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 06:04 -0500, hollun...@lavabit.com wrote: [...] I realize this question might be provokative, but I've never seen this comparison before and am genuinely interested in your opinion. Both java and browser/JS are cross platform. Both are available on almost every device

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread Giuseppe Zompatori
Wrong. Android has the highest smart phones market share (Samsung alone became th largest smart phones producer in the world). It's recent news. -Giuseppe Il giorno 21/nov/2011 02:15, David Robillard d...@drobilla.net ha scritto: On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 06:04 -0500, hollun...@lavabit.com wrote:

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread David Olofson
On Monday 21 November 2011, at 02.44.00, Giuseppe Zompatori silicon...@gmail.com wrote: Wrong. Android has the highest smart phones market share (Samsung alone became th largest smart phones producer in the world). It's recent news. ...but, that's not really Java, is it? Different VM (Dalvik)

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-20 Thread David Robillard
On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 02:44 +0100, Giuseppe Zompatori wrote: Wrong. Android has the highest smart phones market share (Samsung alone became th largest smart phones producer in the world). It's recent news. I said most popular smart phone, not most popular smart phone OS. Either way, apps

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-19 Thread Stefano D'Angelo
2011/11/19 David Robillard d...@drobilla.net: On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 12:01 +0100, Adrian Knoth wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:48:28AM -0800, Niels Mayer wrote: http://kinlan-presentations.appspot.com/bleeding/index.html#42 Another step towards What is an OS? I do everything in the

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-19 Thread Iain Duncan
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Stefano D'Angelo zanga.m...@gmail.comwrote: 2011/11/19 David Robillard d...@drobilla.net: On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 12:01 +0100, Adrian Knoth wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:48:28AM -0800, Niels Mayer wrote:

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-19 Thread David Robillard
On Sat, 2011-11-19 at 11:53 -0800, Iain Duncan wrote: On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Stefano D'Angelo zanga.m...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/11/19 David Robillard d...@drobilla.net: [...] Writing one UI that works on all reasonable devices for free with zero

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-18 Thread Adrian Knoth
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:48:28AM -0800, Niels Mayer wrote: http://kinlan-presentations.appspot.com/bleeding/index.html#42 Another step towards What is an OS? I do everything in the browser. I don't really like it, though I see large-scale advantages when people don't have to install office

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-18 Thread David Robillard
On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 12:01 +0100, Adrian Knoth wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:48:28AM -0800, Niels Mayer wrote: http://kinlan-presentations.appspot.com/bleeding/index.html#42 Another step towards What is an OS? I do everything in the browser. I don't really like it, though I see

[LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-17 Thread Niels Mayer
http://kinlan-presentations.appspot.com/bleeding/index.html#42 Don't we already have HTML5 audio? Yes :)...but audio can only take us so far Simple low-latency, glitch-free, audio playback and scheduling Real-time processing and analysis Low-level audio manipulation

Re: [LAD] bleeding edge html5 has interesting Audio APIs

2011-11-17 Thread Niels Mayer
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Niels Mayer nielsma...@gmail.com wrote: http://kinlan-presentations.appspot.com/bleeding/index.html#42 See also https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html -- Niels http://nielsmayer.com/ ___