On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Olivier Guilyardi <list(a)samalyse.com> wrote:
On 09/07/2010 09:58 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 21:44 +0200, Olivier
Guilyardi wrote:
I have been working on an experimental slider in
Jackbeat. When untouched it is
very small, but big enough to see what the level is. When you click and hold on
it, it unfolds (becomes much bigger), and the mouse changes the level with
increased precision.
That sounds a bit like the the fansliders in phat...
Actually, I used the fansliders before, in the very same place :) But there were
two things that I didn't like:
- the way they look, especially when unfolded, those ugly/huge shapes around
- the fact that unwanted changes happen when you go away to gain precision
That's why I made those sliders IIRC. You have increased precision right after
clicking, you don't need to move away for that. Plus, with the way they are
integrated and some mouse magic, it doesn't matter if the window is closed to a
screen border or not. And I think they look neat ;)
That said, the increased precision is fixed. You can't go into the pico dB.. But
it works for me.
--
Olivier
Fansliders are lovely ideas, but the current implementation is pretty
crappy, and I haven't look at the code in years and didn't have a
clear idea about what I was doing with it last time anyway. Now that x
composite is a lot more common it would be easier. I'm surprised
Thorsten hasn't jumped in to the knob discussion yet. If anyone else
wants to fix fan sliders feel free to give me a yell.
I still think knobs are pretty evil though. :)
Loki