Re: [Audacity-quality] Noobs stuck in snap-to one second.

[Steve t. F. <ste...@gm...>]

Perhaps people don't realise that it's there.
If it were more functional and moved to a more conventional place then
perhaps people would be more aware of it.
(Thoughts for 2.1: Put it in the View menu in a section with options
for Snap to bars, Snap to beats, Snap to seconds, Snap to guides, Snap
to Labels.)

Steve

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:45 AM,  <ga...@au...> wrote:
>
> | From Gale Andrews <ga...@au...>
> | To audacity-quality <aud...@li...>
> | Subject [Audacity-quality] Noobs stuck in snap-to one second.
>> | From James Crook <cr...@in...>
>> | Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:06:21 +0100
>> | Subject: [Audacity-quality] Noobs stuck in snap-to one second.
>> > @Gale,
>> >
>> > About how common is this problem
>>
>> I see about 12 complaints per month about it (counting Bill's
>> once a week on the Forum). That means it happens quite a lot.
>>
>> ... The only solutions that have crossed my mind:
>>
>> * Have a warning for enabling it (which can of course be switched
>>     on/off in Prefs)
>>
>> * Move it after "Audio Position".
>>
>> I prefer the warning.
>>
>> I would assume hh:mm:ss to be a good default selection format.
>
> We now have a FAQ in the Manual for this problem but the frequency of
> reports is still high (I now see it at least once or twice a day in the
> Forum moderation queue as well as other places).
>
> I figure people may be enabling the checkbox by mistake when they
> click slightly too far to right of "Project Rate". They either click inside
> the "Snap To" phrase, or just outside it then accidentally use Space to
> add the check mark.
>
> Would it help to have the check box to left of the "Snap To" text? It
> might make it more obvious that user had enabled it. All the other
> checkboxes I could find (Transport Menu, Prefs, Effects) are to left
> of their text.
>
> Attached, if anyone thinks it's worth trying, possibly less ugly than
> a warning.  Would a tooltip also help "Snap selection to time units"?
> I haven't tried that.
>
>
>
>
> Gale
>
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