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On 01/29/2011 01:19 PM, fons@kokkinizita.net wrote:
> Not if you *know* you don't have to aim for it. And then any time

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> you don't will strengthen that habit.

Knowing isn't enough, as this is behavior that either is, or becomes

automatic/sub-conscious due to training.
Blender has drag-from-everywhere sliders with knobs. I found myself

aiming at the knobs and the same was reported by other users. Anecdotal,

yes, but this has to weight more than just claiming it doesn't happen.
>> Finally, a knob requires "dead" space at the start and end of the

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>> fader (assuming the mark is in the middle of the knob), thereby

>> reducing the length the value range can be mapped to (though it does

>> not affect the total target area).

>

> You need some margin anyway.

One or 2 pixels if you draw a frame around the widget, vs half a

knob-length.
>> Oh, and try a middle-click, sometime ;)

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>> (Middle-drag doesn't quite do what it should, ideally, though)

>> Also: Ctrl-left-drag.

>

> And how are these suggested by the layout and not 'a lie' ?

They are no suggested at all. Extra functionality that doesn't indicate

its presence, but is nice to have, you just have to know about this. I

deem this acceptable in cases of non-critical functionality, where the

alternative would be to simply don't have it.

Brought this up as a side-note only, though.
> As for Ardour2's one, I can't count the number of times I've

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> been fooled into thinking that the meter scale applies to the

> fader as well. And that mistake apparently won't go away with

> time and use.

This supports what I said about knowing it not being enough ;p
But should the faders have their own scales, somehow made to match the

existing scale, or what would you suggest?
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Thorsten Wilms
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