Re: [Lmms-users] User-Interface

[Rob <sou...@ku...>]

On Tuesday 16 June 2009 02:31:45 pm Lukas Ladner wrote:
> but I have this feeling not in lmms. I think it is all to colourfull and
> to chaotic. There is no real red thread in the design. That you can see
> what I mean here a screenshot of lmms:
> http://lmms.sourceforge.net/screenshots/0.4.0/lmms-0.4.0-3.png
> and here from ableton live:
> http://www.clubstep.de/uploads/2009/04/ableton_live_8_session_view.jpg
> I think the difference is that ableton has a really simple not to
> overloaded style.

It must just be a matter of what you're accustomed to, because having used 
lmms for a grand total of 1 project over the course of 2-3 weeks (and 
ableton never), I think lmms has the less cluttered or busy interface.  The 
MDI method might make it possible to overwhelm yourself with little 
windows, and I'd like to have the option to use my system's default colors 
and UI theme, but it looks like I would have some of the same complaints 
about ableton.

That said, I think the changes from 0.3 (which was what my distro had 
available when I first tried it) to 0.4 (which I upgraded to Ubuntu Jaunty 
just to be able to build) have made it markedly more usable, and I look 
forward to watching it continue to improve.

Rob