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On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 19:34 +0100, Folderol wrote:

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> On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 13:23:17 -0500 (CDT)

> "Gabriel M. Beddingfield"  wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > On Tue, 7 Sep 2010, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:

> >

> > > This is going to stir up a bit of discussion!

> > >

> > > Rotary knob GUI elements - should you move the mouse in a circle to

> > > operate them, or up and down?  What about side to side?

> >

> > My opinion...

> >

> > circle: no.

> > up and down: yes.

> > scroll wheel: yes.

> > left and right: up to you.

> >

> > -gabriel

>

> Hate the things. Would much prefer a neat collection of sliders and/or

> spin boxes.

Never going to happen.  Numbers are the worst possible way to represent

an "analogue" value.
I don't care if Fc is 1752.7Hz - I care if it's "about quarter up".
> In the real world you grab a knob with your fingers and have real

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> precise *tactile* control. This is nothing like a computer

> representation, so why try to fake it?

Instant visual recognition of configured values.
> A compact 2000 step spin box would be rather hard (and expensive) to

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> implement in the real world, and how would it deal with direct entry of

> numbers? It works perfectly on a GUI.

I can show you a compact 2000-step spin box -

http://www.rigpix.com/icom/ic2e.htm
Okay, so the least-significant digit is only ever 0 or 5, and not all of

the ten possibilities for the most-significant digit are valid.  Have

you never seen those thumbwheel switches before?  They crop up on old

external SCSI drives.  I have one of those radios sitting on my bench

right in front of me ;-)
Gordon MM0YEQ
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