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edit: sorry Jorgen this thread will probably be a bummer: more work.

Sorry if this thread has already been started: :?

I'm running across more and more stuff as I play with it, thought I'd start this thread so i have a place to list them as I find 'em.

1.) the speed button mouseover doesn't have an option to chage text color.

2.) the Solo Button in the mixer doesn't apply changes (stated before by a few)

3.) the speed button is all fouled up actually, and it's because the undo/redo buttons should be their own entity. they borrow elements from several of the speed button states at once. for example; they use the text from [SpeedButtonPushed] while in the normal state, and then they use the DecorationColor attribute to signify that you can undo/redo while using the DecorationColor attribute from [SpeedButtonNormal] to signify that you cannot undo/redo, this causes problem for the rest of the speed buttons. also from item 1 on this list; the speed buttons shoud not even have text color at all, as the undo redo is the only ones that have text from what I can tell. I hope this makes sense as i'm not all that together right now, but as I see it things would be alot more consistent and smooth like this, since there are actually 4 states needed for the undo/redo buttons. sorry it actually needs a 5th state for the mouseover of the "can undo/redo".

4.)the text in the mixer headings along with the automation text seem to get their color from the main window text color, these are very different parts of the screen and should have their own colors. I also think that maybe the text color in the mixer headings should be calculated at maybe 1/3 the value or something like that if the mixer heading colors are to be arbitrary. I also each of the types of mixer strip colors (sequencer, audio in, audio out, vsti, synthesizer, and so on) should be definable in the theme window, since they seem to follow an order it would be nice to have control of that as well. Also another suggestion, maybe the audio in and audio out (or maybe all the types) could have their own independent states in the comps view. it would help out when projects get big and also if and when you incorporate bitmap support.

5.)the [MinimizeMouseover] is empty

6.)that green power (button?) should Be customizable as well. I suggest doing it like the mute/solo buttons (except working...j/k).

7.)the "decoration" on the transport should have a color option and it is positioned too low, it makes it look odd.

ok that's it for now but i'll surely be back with more, i know this is the last thing some people want to see worked on but one of the most important aspects of any software is GUI consistancy, whether it has a layer of gloss over it or not.
Last edited by M1 on Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:18 am, edited 1 time in total.

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also when xt loads up it has the defauld "midi" track, even though "midi" tracks are now "instrument" tracks.

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