Usability [was: Re: [PD-dev] Re: pure devil (fwd)]

[B. Bogart]

Good ideas I'm hearing.

As for <insert> I think <shift-enter> would work better. insert implies
inserting a the current position, so if we're already on an object
insert is not so clear. <enter> implied that a new visual "line" would
be created underneath what is currently active.

What about you click on a connection and then press <insert> to insert
an object between the two and make the reconnections.

The left and right arrow shifting for a connection would be handy. How
about you select a connection, and then you can move around either end
with the arrow keys.

Another neat twist would be to auto connect many inlets on the same
object, say you select two objects and hit connect - all or something,
then from left to right all the outlets of the first object get
connected from left to right to all the available inlets in the second
object.

A friend of mine actually made a MAX patch that required about 1000
connections to be made from one object to another. blech! bad style, yes
but anyhow.

for the record I would very strongly advocate exchanging the idea of the
"font bomb" for the zoomer idea. :)

B.

Christian Klippel wrote:
> hi miller and all,
>
> Am Dienstag 16 August 2005 19:50 schrieb Miller Puckette:
>
>>...
>>
>>
>>>>However I didn't yet find a good way to make connecting other xlets
>>>>than the first ones easier. Maybe selecting xlets instead of selecting
>>>>object?
>>
>
> [...snip...]
>
>
>>Another idea I've had for years: hit "enter" in an object box to make a
>>new, empty one just below and connect the two.
>>
>
>
> hmm, thats doesnt sound right .... i mean, if im in an object box, i would
> believe that hitting enter means that entering text into it is finished ...
>
> using the enter key that way would be at least confusing ......
>
> for that i would prefer something like the insert-key (or shift-insert) ......
> which is at least a bit more logical to me ....
>
>
>>I'm going to collect all these ideas on one place in my dolist and see what
>>they look like together... I'd better not try this for 0.39 though; I'm
>>just cleaning up bugs now.
>>
>>cheers
>>Miller
>
>
> greets,
>
> chris
>
>
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