yes it is the strangest thing - they went to all that trouble to bring DP to Windows but forgot to make it readableuntimelyman wrote:It's a necessity. Ask any Windows user who has tried to use Digital Performer.
Poll: GUI scaling importance
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apondinthestream apondinthestream https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=406040
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- KVRAF
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- 1994 posts since 16 Jan, 2013 from USA
Looks like it has some significance to about 84% of us. Interesting. That's actually considerably higher than what I was expecting. Thanks for voting.
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original flipper original flipper https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=8999
- KVRAF
- 2541 posts since 14 Sep, 2003 from Essex
Hi
The fact that SOME developers are able to produce scalable GUI's tells me that it is possible (I am not a coder so I have no idea how challenging this is) - the vast differences in user monitor size, resolution settings - not to mention the users EYE SIGHT tell me that this should probably be one of the first things on the 'list' when a developer is planning their software.
I would say that ALL software should have some kind of facility to scale the GUI, be it a DAW, editor or VSTI.
I can see the problems for a large (code base) piece of software, but such an endeavor could be part of a version update which in turn brings in revenue.
The fact that SOME developers are able to produce scalable GUI's tells me that it is possible (I am not a coder so I have no idea how challenging this is) - the vast differences in user monitor size, resolution settings - not to mention the users EYE SIGHT tell me that this should probably be one of the first things on the 'list' when a developer is planning their software.
I would say that ALL software should have some kind of facility to scale the GUI, be it a DAW, editor or VSTI.
I can see the problems for a large (code base) piece of software, but such an endeavor could be part of a version update which in turn brings in revenue.
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- KVRAF
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- 1994 posts since 16 Jan, 2013 from USA
It's not quite as easy as it sounds. Creating the scalable elements is no big deal, but dealing with the variable-sized objects and workspace requires some effort. Depends on how you did things. If you were modular/object-oriented and each object reports on the mouse/touch/etc. it should be pretty easy. If you're relying on the hard coordinates and set-sized objects in an array, it's going to take some more work. Not rocket science, but time-consuming.
That's if you're going from scratch. There may be some toolkits around, I don't know. It's not a minor thing, but after the initial work...
That's if you're going from scratch. There may be some toolkits around, I don't know. It's not a minor thing, but after the initial work...
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- KVRAF
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- 1994 posts since 16 Jan, 2013 from USA
All that said... Most DAW programmers are familiar with zooming things, so it should be easier for them than most. I know Jo implemented it on MuLab without a huge amount of fuss.
