POLL: How about removing the sliders/knobs/buttons in V10?

[Michael L]

The only disadvantage would be that you'd loose the ability to choose a single GUI mode.

Your topic heading and this statement together are unclear.

When you say "How about removing the sliders/knobs/buttons in V10?" and also that we would "lose the ability to choose a single GUI mode" do you mean we can no longer choose an editor mode with ALL knobs or ALL buttons? And that in V10 we can only choose a MIX of sliders/knobs/buttons?

If so, I oppose "mixed-only" modes. I hate mixing types of controls. When I scan a GUI, I want to be able to quickly see patterns in the relationships of the parameters. I have to switch among knobs, sliders and buttons, it is confusing and makes every minor decision just that much slower and distracting. I only use buttons, and scale the UI large.

[DarkStar]

For me, a mix of controls can look OK. (But we could end up with endless unresolvable arguments about whether a particular control should be a knob or a slider or a value button.

And, putting aside the Multiparameters (value buttons) for the moment, some of the plug-ins already use a mix of control types:

>>> http://i.imgur.com/WzQw0qJ.png

and

>>> http://i.imgur.com/DIx9C6j.png

[DarkStar]

... I really need to see some v10 mock-ups so that I can understand the ideas that Vojtech has before I can vote.

[ATN69]

... I really need to see some v10 mock-ups so that I can understand the ideas that Vojtech has before I can vote.

+1

[VariKusBrainZ]

I dont understand what we're losing / gaining

[MeldaProduction]

Thanks you all for the feedback folks!

Anyways the results are not definitive enough, so the idea is off.

Basically the idea was to drop the option at all and use knobs, buttons and sliders in a hardwired way. That way we could optimize the size, appearance and workflow. The problem is that sliders are manipulated different way than knobs & buttons (which could be solved using a global option). But then there is also a potential problem with touch screens, so we need to check that first.

For now it is cancelled, but we may get to that a little later.