FOSDEM 2010: making the Equalizer a dock widget?

[Ian Monroe]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Ben K <benkloester at gmail.com> wrote:
> Rather than using sliders, why not use dials to adjust EQ? This achieves a
> few good things:
>
> Reduces the screen real estate needed to display the graphic equalizer
> Greatly increases the sensitivity and accuracy of the equalizer control
> (since we can click and hold, then move the mouse off the dial and still
> adjust, the effective length of the circular 'slider' represented by the
> dial is pi x distance to nearest screen edge squared!)
> Let's us build an EQ that looks more like a professional mixing board than a
> software EQ, which arguably is cool.

Dials have always been the most awkward standard widget around. Making
software look like real life objects often results in fail, this would
be one of those times.

Ian