Re: [Audacity-quality] Visibility of sync-lock mini-clock icon in Track Control Panel
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From: Vaughan J. <va...@au...> - 2010-10-22 20:51:38
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On 10/22/2010 11:22 AM, Gale Andrews wrote: > > | From Steve the Fiddle <ste...@gm...> > | Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:00:08 +0100 > | Subject: [Audacity-quality] Visibility of sync-lock mini-clock icon in Track Control Panel >> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Peter Sampson >> <pet...@ya...> wrote: >>> Bill Wharrie has been working recently on documenting sync-lock for the >>> 1.3/2.0 manual. I have been reviewing this for him. See: >>> http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Talk:Label_Tracks >>> >>> I would like to bring to the attention of the QA list a discussion that was >>> held on the forum recently regarding the visibility (or otherwise) of the >>> mini-clock icon in the Track Control Panel... I had never seen that term before, and didn't know what you were talking about. But I see it's in some old docs: * http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/reference.html * http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/track_audio.htm and has propagated elsewhere, e.g., * http://audacity.sourceforge.net/onlinehelp-1.2/track_audio.htm * http://www.guidesandtutorials.com/audacity-tracks.html * http://tesl-ej.org/ej41/m2.html A "Control Panel" is a very specific term having to do with operating systems (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Panel_%28Windows%29, but I think the term originated on Mac), so I consider this conflation a very bad thing. Happy to see it's apparently vanquished from the new manual (and "Control Panel" is used in the OS sense). Please don't use the term "Track Control Panel" so we can try to stop its propagation. In general, I like user-level terminology to match the terminology in the code. In the code, that frame/rectangle is called the Track Info -- but I agree that's not a fully descriptive name. Thanks. >>>...- the indicator that sync-lock >>> is "on" for that track. Some of us felt that the indicator being small and >>> white is a little lost in the TCP and Bill made a mock-up showing it as >>> yellow. See the 2nd. page of this forum thread: >>> http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=42068&start=10 That saturated yellow hurts my eyes. >>> >>> You will see from the thread that Bill, Steve Daulton and I all support >>> this. What do other QA folk think? >>> >>> Peter. >>> >>> Note that Bill is temporarily working with the vertically-tiled clock icons >>> in the tracks pending the arrival of what we believe will be the final >>> version with diagonally-tiled clocks. >>> >>> Peter Sampson >>> Tel: +44 (0)1625 524 780 >>> Mob: +44 (0)7732 278 299 >>> >> >> Here's an image similar to Bill's proposal (attached). >> >> Steve Thanks, Steve. It's good that it's very similar to the button icon you posted. I suggest coming to agreement on the full set before putting them in the app. > > I haven't tried it, but I don't like using yellow because it confuses with > the track focus colour. I think Steve's submission is a less painful yellow. If it's a different shade from the track focus color, might not be a problem. >If we can use colours for the Sync-Lock icon > in the Track Panel, why not use the current white? I think the yellow > would be very "loud" if used in the larger icon in Edit Toolbar. And if > colours used for the Sync-Lock icons in Edit Toolbar and Track Panel > don't match, that creates its own confusion. Whatever the choice, I agree they should match, and be relatively subdued (Steve thought the white is too bright). A rainbow-colored interface tends to confuse focus of attention. - Vaughan > > There are other issues in that Forum thread too, so I've commented > on them in situ: > http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=42068&p=108476#p108476 > > > > > > Gale > > |