10 Sep
2016
10 Sep
'16
10:51 p.m.
On Saturday, September 10, 2016 7:59:32 PM EDT Will Godfrey wrote:
Right from V 0.016 we had the default MIDI and audio
set for Jack, and soon
after that we abandoned the beginners Gui option.
Since then a lot has changed, and I'm wondering if we should reappraise
these decissions.
Fairly recently we gave a nod in the direction of helping beginners by
making the virtual keyboard appear alongside the main window on a very
first time startup. Personally, I think that's better than a dumbed down
Gui.
Sure. They can quickly close it, so it's probably more helpful to show it
at first, as in "Testing... is yoshimi working? Make some noise for me!".
These days, we also have the short Yoshimi guide that
tries to get new users
started.
Now I'm wondering if we should change the first-time startup to an all Alsa
configuration. It would make no difference to existing users, as for quite a
while these have been re-settable preferences, and are stored in the config
file.
Would it get us closer to a 'just works' position?
How about popping up a first-time dialog and asking?
The problem remains though: Which default, Alsa or Jack, to set
the dialog at so that busy users can quickly hit Enter and move on.
I'd say start with all Alsa - IF nothing else is using it exclusively.
If Jack is already running, the user likely wants Jack audio + midi
so use it. If not then auto-start Jack but only if they choose Jack.
Nice work on the switching times. Quantum leaps, eh?
Tim.