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

[Dave Griffiths]

> I talked to Robert Henke of Ableton about the philosophy behind their
> innovative interface, and one of the most interesting concepts was, that
> everything *must* fit into one window. Overlapping or popup-windows are
> strictly forbidden in Live, because in a live situation you cannot be
> bothered with organising windows on the screen.

I *wish* I could figure out a way to do this with ssm. The best way I can
think of is to use window placement code from a window manager to more
intelligently place the module windows, as AudioMulch does. I guess its not
really a solvable problem for a modular, as you can always instance more stuff.

I would really have liked to put the module controls inside the widgets in the
patch builder, and thus only have one window to worry about - but some of the
module windows are just too big, it makes building patches much more difficult.

Any suggestions greatfully recieved :)

Dave