On Mon, 23 Mar 2009, Damon Chaplin wrote:
I think there is a middle-ground here.
When an application runs for the first time, I think it should show a
configuration dialog allowing the user to choose connections for the
input & output ports. These can default to the first available ports, so
most users can simply hit "OK".
I agree whole heartedly. An audio application is non-functional without
defined outputs, so if there is no stored config, it should walk the
first-time user thru the configuration process, and present some
reasonable choices as the 'default', while making it clear that other
options are available when they're ready to use them.
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