Recommended way to classify AU categories on the UI?
Recommended way to classify AU categories on the UI?
- Subject: Recommended way to classify AU categories on the UI?
- From: "Ross Bencina" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:12:43 +1000
Hi
At the moment I have all AUs listed in a single tree by category:
Instruments > Manufacturer
Instrument/Effects > Manufacturer
Effects > Manufacturer
Generators > Manufacturer
Panners > Manufacturer
Unlike some hosts, all AUs are available in the same list (ie context
doesn't provide implicit filtering to only instruments/only effects, etc).
Some of my users are finding this classification confusing. I suspect this
is largely because the whole Instruments, Instrument/Effects, Effects
classification is artificially based on i/o topology rather than functional
role -- so you can end up with variants of the same AU in different
categories (e.g. what the user expects to be an instrument is in
Instrument/Effects for example).
I'm considering removing the top level categories entirely and listing all
AUs only by manufacturer, or flipping the hierarchy thus:
Manufacturer > Instruments
Manufacturer > Instrument / Effects
Manufacturer > Effects
Manufacturer > Generators
Manufacturer > Panners
Is there a recommended Apple way of representing the AU list?
Thanks
Ross.
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