[linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help for a levelmeter]

[Richard Bown]

On Friday 18 October 2002 13:51, Patrick Shirkey wrote:

> I see your point. But feel that the problem is not that it is too
> difficult or ugly for the majority of people but that we have not
> done a good enough job of showing how worthwhile it is to spend long
> hours on figuring out how to get the stuff working.

People want it simple - they want to buy it in a box and for it to work 
and then probably to discard it or forget about it. Anything above that 
is pure geekiness.  This isn't to say there's not a place for geekiness  
- it's just that most people don't want it.

Steve's mention of Carillon seemed pretty much on the money.

B