Thread: [Audacity-devel] re: Leland's updates
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From: David R. S. <dav...@sh...> - 2005-12-23 10:37:42
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Hi leland, Leland: When moving up and down the track list, do you think it would be better to hear the track number if the track still has its default name? So, instead of "Audio Track" you'd hear something like "Track 1" or "Track 2". This would only happen if you didn't rename the track. In that case, you'd get whatever the track name really is. David: Those are great default names, since currently "audio track" does not have any meaning once there are at least two tracks -which is why I've been renaming them. Leland: As far as having to reverse directions, think of the track list as any other list or multi-line text field. Once you hit the bottom, you have to turn around and go back to the top. David: This is what I intended to write previously: When I start at the top of the list (a click) then down-arrow once, I hear one of the tracks spoken. down-arrow a second time gets a click, not the second track name. I have to reverse (up-arrow) in order to hear the second track announced. Up-arrow again gets a click not the name of the first track. A bit counter-intuitive to me. Leland: Originally, it did wrap from one end of the list of tracks to the other. So, if you were moving down and hit the last track, moving down once more would place you back on the first track. To me, this "circular" seemed like it could get a tab bit confusing, but it could be easily changed. David: For a large number of tracks this circular approach may be particularly useful otherwise it might get kinda tedious going back to track 1 if I just finished working on track 8. A suggestion - if you used the circular track menu method, you could introduce a beep or bell when the user moves from first to last track or vice versa. Is it possible to put this choice in preferences? - circular or linear track naming? I like the circular approach to menus such as in the effects menu - I typically have added literally dozens of plug-ins I've written or been working on, the good thing about the effects menu is that (in Windows 98 at least), pushing the first letter of a plug-in (d for delay/delay with pan shift/delay with pitch shift/etc) cycles through those effects. Very efficient especially with lotsa plugs. Thanks David |