On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 11:39 PM, Fons Adriaensen <fons@linuxaudio.org> wrote:

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 06:34:25AM -0700, Len Ovens wrote:

> A knob is ok if it works similar. Knobs that insist that I touch the
> knob pointer and move that in a tiny arch to adjust and where the
> pointer flips from one end to the other if I make the wrong move are
> not easier to move on stage...

That's just bad design.

I never understood that. Who would think that having to operate a circular knob by moving the mouse in a little circle is convenient? It's also a bit harder to implement. Is there some argument for it I am not aware of? Even if it's a bad argument?