[linux-audio-dev] Knobs / widget design (radial movement)

[Thorsten Wilms]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:09:24PM +0100, Dave Griffiths wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 19:29, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> > Besides, we were talking about widgets. When even single 
> > widgets would require to RTFM, what would that mean 
> > for a full app?
> 
> I think there is a danger here of being too conservative - something I
> think existing commercial software does (in a sense it has to). We have
> to opportunity to try out new ideas that may indeed confuse a user used
> to current interface standards - but as long as there is a clear logic
> to whats going on it should be a rapid learning curve. 


I'm all for trying out new things (that should be obvious by now).
But a widget should not need documentation, users should be 
able to figure all major features out by themselves.
Additional features accessibe by modifier keys are the only thing 
where I think it's ok if there's no visiual hint.


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Thorsten