Re: AU interface consistency
Re: AU interface consistency
- Subject: Re: AU interface consistency
- From: "James Chandler Jr." <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:41:35 -0400
>
I still insist, corporate design (== different look) for any give
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AudioUnit makes sense. One glance - you know which it is. You don't
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even have to read the window title.
Excellent point. After learning a plugin, the custom interface speeds
perception.
It is a good idea that a plugin should alternately support a host's generic
"parameter view" for whatever value a user might find in such a thing.
Please forgive if I misunderstand the context of this discussion, but have
seen VST "parameter view" windows in several programs...
Ignoring the fact that such parameter plugin editor views are ugly as sin
(GRIN)--
The parameters are often listed in non-intuitive order.
Real dumb layouts appear completely by accident, depending on the number of
columns in the parameter display window and the number of controls in the
plugin. Ferinstance, an Attack slider the lowest item in column 1, and then
the Decay slider the highest item in column 2. Ugggh!
Really minor functions get assigned a control just as big as the MOST
IMPORTANT CONTROL in the plugin.
Since all the controls look the same, have to read the text of all the
controls to locate the parameter you want to change.
A plugin's custom user interface would have to get pretty awful before I
would resort to a generic parameter view, but it is a good idea to support a
generic parameter view for those who like such things...
James Chandler Jr.
PS Speaking of UI consistency, there are knobs that respond to vertical or
horizontal dragging, knobs whose pointer follows the mouse around the
screen, and even absurd constructions where clicking a knob opens a text
numeric modal dialog. I don't find these inconsistencies a problem in use.
Its easy enough to figure out a knob, and easy enough to remember how
different windows handle their knobs.
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