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Subject: Re: [motm] Re: User Interface design - Moe's long semiannual rant

From: Adam Schabtach <adam@...>
Date: 2002-08-13

> Conversely, I think there is merit to having some differentiation
> between
> the various controls in a module, be it knob size, shape or position,
> and
> between modules as well.  This aids in pattern recognition of
> functions, and
> therefore, learning and ease of use.  For example, a larger Fc knob on
> a
> filter, or chicken beak knobs on Larry's excellent 822. <plug>

I'll buy that. I can't see that one could establish a ranking of
importance of parameters, but I agree that differentiation of
parameters by knob variations could be helpful. Or maybe it comes down
to the same thing: someone might differentiate the knobs according to
their ranking of importance, but to me it would just look like
arbitrary differentiation. :-)

--Adam