9 Jun
2004
9 Jun
'04
7:27 p.m.
On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 04:49, 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.
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,
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. This type of
user may be a minority, but they are the only ones that really
matter to me - I am neither a politician nor a salesman, and I
have no desire to be popular.
In a more general sense, a majority is not 'right' by itself,
a majority of informed people probably is. And having paid for
something does not qualify someone as informed. In other words,
the consumer is not always right by definition. If he were,
there would be no place for marketing, which has been defined
as 'the art of disturbing rational decision making'.
The audio business is full of hype and irrational behaviour.
Lots of people seem prepared to pay 5 Eur for a meter of
'directional oxygen free left-twisting copper' loudspeaker
cable. Should I take their opinion seriously ? I prefer not to.
<sarcasm> Didn't you know that the consumer is *always* right. Now
stop bothering me - I want to go watch my Betamax, but first I have to
do some number crunching on my Windoze system. </sarcasm>
Jan
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 :)