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

[torbenh at gmx.de]

On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:39:36PM +0100, Dave Griffiths wrote:
> > 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.

Yes.. and i think that building
the patch is different from using the patch...
i think 2 windows are ok for the purpose..

> 
> Any suggestions greatfully recieved :)

same for me..