[Just Talk] Re: [linux-audio-user] Why we need graphic designers

[Steve Harris]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 06:52:05 +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> I'll step into the role of a Pd guru for the moment:) The GUI-shadows
> aren't included in the official Pd on Miller S. Puckette's site, but you
> can checkout the devel_0_36 branch of Pd in our "Pure Data Externals
> Repository" at Sourceforge.  Homepage: pure-data.sf.net, browse CVS at
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pure-data/. They are not
> available (or possible) as externals, you need a patched Pd. 
> 
> It gives you colored patch cords, shadows behind objects (which I have
> turned off, as you might have guessed by now), and also Jack-support and
> some other niceties. 

I'd agree that shadows behind the objects are useless. Coloured patch
cords could help me, depending on what the colouring rules are, but I
still think the biggest thing done to make it easier to use would be
(optional) chip style routing. I find the straight lines very hard to
parse.

I've just seen a screenshot of Live and it is very clean. I'm not sure I'd
find it particularly easy to use though. Maybe I'd adapt the the UI
scheme.

- Steve