9 Jun
2004
9 Jun
'04
9:46 a.m.
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 11:49, Alfons Adriaensen wrote:
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 10:06:00AM +0200, Marek
Peteraj wrote:
Whatever they think about linux audio UIs, that will not change
my opinion expressed above.
It should if you don't do your program just for yourself.
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 21:15, Fons Adriaensen
wrote:
- When I
saw the collection of VST plugins that Paul Davis used
to show his VST hosting in Karlsruhe, I asked myself "My god,
do they all look that childish ?".
Ask win32 and mac users how the linux audio UIs look like :) There are various kinds of users of audio SW; their
requirements
and opinions will vary. In my experience, most serious and
professional users prefer a UI that is first of all functional,
Have you done a survey?
with as little clutter as possible, i.e. a UI that is
designed
by people who understand how something works and how it is
used, rather than by the marketing department.
It's always done that way. It's because it's *driven* by market demand.
Those people are called usability engineers.
i.e. it is *never* designed by marketing department.
The kind of people that linux still totally lacks in certain areas.
Rule #1: comfort. technologies help to achieve that goal. We have tons
of great technologies, no comfort.
Software companies are not only about developers and sw technologies.
Lots of oss developers tend to think they can do it all. They can't.
Marek