[Audacity-devel] Fwd from Monty: Usability change

[Dominic M. <do...@mi...>]

On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 07:27  PM, Monty wrote:
> I still can't post to the list.  I have a feeling I'm subbed to the
> list as a mail alias.
>
> I have an easy and obvious fix the envelope amplification usability
> problem.
>
> The problem: It's damned hard to restore an envelope control point to
> 1.0.  You have to nail it by exactly one pixel.  Even people with that
> kind of micromotor control usually have mice that are only precise to
> within a few pixels.
>
> Restoring or moving a control point at 1.0 is a common operation, and
> for me one more common than the need to amplify.  The amplify feature
> is itself a good idea, however it decreases usability.
>
> The obvious fix: The outer-contour control point can only be dragged
> as high as 1.0.  The inner contour control point can be dragged to
> 2.0. This seems obvious enough that I have to wonder if this wasn't the
> original intended behaviour and the code is currently just broken...?
>
> (I also want to lobby hard to have the mouse wheel be scroll up/down
> by default like it is in every other app in the universe with a
> vertical scollbar.  There a reason for that; the vertical scrollbar is
> one of the most-used controls in audacity, yet it is placed as far
> away from the other controls as you can get...)
>
> Monty