[linux-audio-dev] Is ladspa actually la-dsp-a? Is JACK the ultimate solution?

[Marek Peteraj]

On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 11:49, Alfons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 10:06:00AM +0200, Marek Peteraj wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 21:15, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> 
> > > - When I saw the collection of VST plugins that Paul Davis used
> > > to show his VST hosting in Karlsruhe, I asked myself "My god,
> > > do they all look that childish ?".
> > 
> > Ask win32 and mac users how the linux audio UIs look like :)
> 
> Whatever they think about linux audio UIs, that will not change
> my opinion expressed above.

It should if you don't do your program just for yourself.

> There are various kinds of users of audio SW; their requirements
> and opinions will vary. In my experience, most serious and
> professional users prefer a UI that is first of all functional,

Have you done a survey?

> with as little clutter as possible, i.e. a UI that is designed
> by people who understand how something works and how it is
> used, rather than by the marketing department.

It's always done that way. It's because it's *driven* by market demand.
Those people are called usability engineers.
i.e. it is *never* designed by marketing department.
The kind of people that linux still totally lacks in certain areas.

Rule #1: comfort. technologies help to achieve that goal. We have tons
of great technologies, no comfort.

Software companies are not only about developers and sw technologies.
Lots of oss developers tend to think they can do it all. They can't. 

Marek