14 Oct
2010
14 Oct
'10
9:40 a.m.
On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 22:21 +0200, fons(a)kokkinizita.net wrote:
I've *never* seen any serious 'pro' audio
application conforming
to whatever desktop usability standards you may suggest. And the
same goes for applications in the other domains I've worked in:
space telecom and military (sonar and artillery management).
It's true that desktop environments and widget toolkits tend to be build
without considering the needs in the audio/video/3d realm.
But we have to thank the early standards in this area for menus in the
top left with mnemonics, consustent naming of common actions like
"Open", context menus on right-click, common shortcuts like Ctrl-Z ...
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Thorsten Wilms
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