db volume scaling

[Jud Craft]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:40 AM, Tim Blechmann<tim at klingt.org> wrote:
> do whatever you want with the patch series ...
>
> percent units don't give me more information, than i see on the slider
> widget. db units do provide more information, than the slider widget ...
> i personally like programs, that give me usable information, no matter,
> whether i am capable of interpreting them or not.

What if the volume meter caption was labeled in %, but a tooltip on
the meter gave you the dB value?