

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 02:06 , Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> sent:

>eviltwin69@cableone.net wrote:
>
>>    Aaaaaarrrrrggghhhh - knobs.  One of my pet peeves.  Knobs make absolutely no
>>sense in a GUI.  There is no easy (or standard) way to control them.  Note that
>>there are no knobs in JAMin.  The parametric controls aren't even knobs.  I think
>>this was the point he was making.  Take a look at T-RackS.  Lovely knobs and
>>litle glowing tube pictures - how lovely.  But a major PITA to use.  Trying to
>>make GUIs that look like some metal box is counterproductive.  Just make the
>>thing work efficiently.
>>  
>>
>Two words: mouse wheel.  I cannot *believe* this has not come up yet.
>

    It did, and it's a damn good idea.  Since I don't have a wheel mouse I never
thought of it.  Gotta go get one ;-)

Jan





