I think theres no doubt that the QC UI is really bad. The app is
brilliant,
but I've never understood how Apple - a company that is known for
innovating UI (FCP, Motion, Shake, Logic, Finder, Itunes are all good
examples of taking existing concepts, and adding just that little
bit extra
user-friendliness) can still release an app with such poor UI, even in
version 3!!. Dockable windows please! And yes, Patch Browser window
with
Tree View and Column View - Finder has it, why not QC!? (Motion's
Library
Browser is pretty cool too).
On Thu, 29 May 2008 15:40:53 +0100, "Chris Wood" <email@hidden>
wrote:
Just discussed this with a friend who's making a similar app to QC
but
for images (toolbox.app - toolboxapp.com if anyone is interested) and
has a similar issue to the QC patch creator box - a massive list of
patches to scroll through and find what you need in. For good
interface design, ideally such lists should only contain 10 or less
patches - QC with a few plugins and private patches shown can have
over a hundred. So, a feature request that I guess is good for
discussion here before being put in 'officially':
Split the patch creator up into a hierarchy. The first level could
just list "Composite, Controller, Environment" etc. Clicking on one
of
these would display the actual patches under each category, perhaps
in
a pop up box (or maybe something like the panels view in finder, but
this would take too much screen space I think). Or perhaps something
like the finder panels interface, but only showing a single panel
with
a 'back' button to go back to a higher level?
There could also be an extra layer in the hierarchy for any
categories
with a lot of patches (e.g. the filters category has a lot, and there
are a lot of blur, tile, light and colour effects). Perhaps in a
second popup?
For real screen-saving, the whole structure could pop-up from the
patch creator button. That would be great for working on a laptop,
but
probably a bit annoying where you have a lot of screen space, so
perhaps both options (like the docked patch settings + separate
window
option).
Any thoughts? Good idea or bad, or is there a better way?
Chris
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