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

[Daniel James]

> > 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

Try the Ion window manager - designed so that windows don't overlap:

http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/

Cheers

Daniel