Sage wrote at 11:03 am (-0500) on 15 6 2005:
Even if I do have more than one song window open at the same time, I'm only really *working* in one of those. It is an extremely rare occasion that I would need to switch back and forth between song windows. And when you're only working in one song window, having to go to a separate floating window to access controls seems unnecessary.
I see what you mean, and this workflow you describe is probably typical of most users in most circumstances. I am trying to contrast this with e.g. Photoshop, but perhaps that's a different beast since it has so damn many floaters and palettes. It seems to be there are several voices in favour of in-window integration, and none yet in support of the floater. If anyone LIKES this floater, please speak up. Ditching it will ruin the specificity of the nice MacZealots review, but might end up being a good design approach.
Sorry this message is so critical... I do love Doggiebox quite a lot -- in fact, it's the only non-Apple application that I currently own, aside from plugins, so that tells you how useful it is to me.
No need to apologize for being critical; in fact, that is often the most useful type of feedback I can get. Particularly when someone has a specific idea for improvement, or at least can point out when something doesn't work too well, it helps me figure out what to do about it! So keep it coming. -b -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca