30 Apr
2016
30 Apr
'16
12:10 p.m.
On 29.04.2016 05:24, Mark D. McCurry wrote:
> I do not see anything that would guide a user
regarding the overall
> structure of Zyn, it's all trees, no forest. From what I recall from my
> brief look at that beast years ago, that's admittedly a tough job.
Honestly I feel that this is more so a task for
tutorials and
documentation than for the UI itself.
I've thought about integrating some light support for in app tutorials,
e.g. a click-by-click walkthrough for a supersaw, but I don't think
there will be enough development time in the short term.
If I would be tasked with designing a better GUI, my first steps would
be developing an idea of the architecture and expressing it in a
diagram, to have an overview of all the building blocks and how they
connect. This may also highlight somewhat artificial restrictions. The
names themselves should be scrutinized. Then I would look in how far the
diagram can inform on-screen layout. Even in the worst case, it would
still be a great asset for documentation.
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Thorsten Wilms
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