Re: [Rosegarden-user] [Rosegarden-devel] Pivotal Decision: the future of toolbar-based notation entry

[Yves G. <yc....@wa...>]

Le vendredi 21 août 2009 04:13:34, D. Michael McIntyre a écrit :
>
> The new scheme puts notes, dotted notes, rests and dotted rests onto
> separate, otherwise identical toolbars, and adds two (hopefully
> self-evident) action controls.  These two new controls are used to pick
> which of the four toolbars is visible at any given time, and they are a
> graphical alternative to the Y/Shift+Y/. keyboard scheme, which can also be
> used in conjunction with this new layout scheme.

The use of shift is surprising : why not to use Y and dot alone, as toggles ?

>
> It works fine here.  Very clean and snappy.  Is it an improvement?
>
Il like the clearer look of the new layout. In the old one it was difficult to 
quickly find the right icon among all the others. 

>
>  * The "landing zone" for mouse operations never changes for a given
> duration, regardless of the type of note or rest being entered
>
I noticed something strange : if the toolbar has been moved, it seems to jump 
back to its old place as soon as a toggle is pressed.

>
> Disadvantages:
>
>  * Many extra mouse clicks required to enter a typical 8. 16 pattern using
> the toolbar entry method (especially when entering notes in sequence):
>

The problem is not the number of clicks but the distance the mouse have to 
cover.

A suggestion : Why not to use the notes and rests already on the staffs as 
buttons to select the toolbar and the icon simultaneously? The mouse middle 
button, which is currently unused, might be used or maybe some other 
combination of mouse and key.
It would reduce both the number of clicks and the distance to cover with the 
mouse and would be usable in the new scheme as in the old one.


Yves