Re: AU interface consistency
Re: AU interface consistency
- Subject: Re: AU interface consistency
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 23:46:49 +0100
Hi Art,
What you say makes sense. I think maybe you misunderstand a bit where
I'm coming from. Inconsistent interfaces don't reflect on just the AU
developer, but have a negative effect on the usability of the
application using it, and the entire system altogether.
Maybe there is not an all encompassing solution, but something could be
developed for damage control to help the situation. And maybe things
won't be as bad as I envision, but when it comes to interface issues
when left to individual opinion things usually become messy.
-- John
I do not.
Custom UIs aren't simply a question of looking better, they allow
developers to add functionality that isn't possible with the standard
notion of 'parameter'. If you ignore my custom User Interface and my
plug-in needs the ability to load samples, what is the user to do? Or
what if my plug-in supports dynamic parameters of some sort, like an
envelope with an arbitrary number of breakpoints? Or a waveshaping
plug where the user can draw the shape? IMNSHO, these issues can
never be addressed by common controls, because (hopefully) as soon as
we standardize an arbitrary-point envelope control, someone will have
the creative vision to come up with something new you can do with
these toys... that requires a new way of controlling and visually
representing it.
Best,
Art
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