[ge-talk] UI ideas + maximised windows

[Niklas Nisbeth]

Mm. I agree to an extent (I always use Live fullscreen on my iBook, and 
I like the self-contained groovebox feel it gives you), but I think 
it's got a lot to do with how sequencers are constructed... Once I get 
my programming chops in order (any day now..!), I'll begin work on a 
modular sequencer module for Haiku. A clock/transport module, a MIDI 
editor module, an audio recording/editing module, a sequencing module, 
maybe as stand-alone apps, maybe using replicants... but just all 
interchangable components with a common message passing structure 
sync'd to one clock, so if you don't like the MIDI editor (I like MIDI 
list views, most people don't), you just use another one. You could use 
a standard desk-style mixer or something more out there like Cortex 
(draw lines between blocks), anything you want. That's what I'd like, 
at least.

-Niklas

> Sometimes they are handy however, especially if your screen space is
> small or you want to concentrate on 1 thing eg. arranging music, 
> viewing
> lots of data (like MIDI).
> 
> On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:32:57 +0100 CET, "Niklas Nisbeth"
> <niklas at nisbeth.dk> said:
> > > I was reading up on the Office 2007 UI, which I ponted out, was 
> > > designed for
> > > people who maximize the window and only do one thing at a time.
> > > http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2006/08/22/711808.aspx
> > 
> > GRAH! One of my pet hates. I suppose it's the only way to make 
> > Windows 
> > pleasent, though...
> > 
> > One of the thing I love about Be is the "components" approach: 
> > replicants, inter-application communication, tracker add-ons (and 
> > the 
> > fact that tracker is so fantastic you don't NEED iTunes, just 
> > something 
> > to play yer files). This doesn't work with maximised windows.
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