[linux-audio-dev] Re: UI stuff

[Steve Harris]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 05:06:16 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> 	This is exactly the point I was trying to get across.  Do something
> different.  I've been toying lately with the idea of zoomable sliders
> when you have too little real estate or pop up sliders that are larger
> than their normal graphic representation when you enter their focus
> area.  The Soundplay approach also seems like a good way to do it.  But,
> when you're speaking of BeOS, wouldn't that be "took" a novel approach

Heh. I have to speak up for my favourite implementation, the one in the
Nord Modular control app. When a knob has focus a little spinbutton
appears obove it (up/down arrows and a text entry widget) and the right/up
v's radial control is ocnfigurable.

Of course it helps that the app is tightly bound to a control surface, so
theres a real alpha-dial thats also bound to a knob when it has focus.

I like the popping-up-slider approach too though.

- Steve