Re: [Jsynthlib-devel] 10th anniversary

[Frankie F. <jsy...@te...>]

On 23/09/2011 09:05, Roger Westerlund wrote:
> 2011/9/23 William Zwicky <wrz...@po...>:
>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Roger Westerlund <
>> ro...@us...> wrote:
>>
>>> Me myself is very picky when it comes to user interface ... for now I
>>> just have to do the talk.
>>>
>> Well then, how about tossing us a sketch of how *you* think the GUI should
>> work?  We already got two (I suggested Windows Explorer, someone else
>> suggested .. another patch lib I forget now.)
> I would love to but for that I would need to get the application up
> and running, that is how my ideas are born.
>
> It have been a long time since I run JSL, probably around the time I
> committed my work to the project (was it 2005?) and the thoughts I had
> then are gone now. The only thing I remember now is that the
> application was a bit confusing for me before I understood how to use
> it and I think that part can be improved. For me, the best user
> interface is the one that does not require special knowledge about a
> field in order to get started.

On the subject of confusion, its not immediately obvious to a first time
user what the difference between a library and a scene is, so in the
long run we definitely need to either come up with a method of teaching
the first time user, or possibly change how it works.

frankie