and I thought I was just being a grumpy old dog, prefering to stick with my old habits. Thanks for speaking out about these issues Michael -- I totally agree with your observations. These 3 points that you mention have annoyed me to the point that I have reverted to an earlier build of DB. I do a lot of rearranging within songs, and the new copy/paste/insert new bar functionality, well... its a bitch! ;) Tor
Michael Carlyle <mcarlyle@charter.net> 05.07.05 0:42 >>> I've been writing and recording again, which means my DB activity has spiked a little bit. As a result, I've noticed a few things that I may have missed before. I may have missed a discussion about these things, or they may have been changed already. Not sure.
The following are observations and are, by no means critique of the app. 1) I notice that the inspector is now the only way to insert bars. There is no longer the ability to insert multiple bars. If I want to add 16 bars, I have to click "insert bar" 16 times. Why would I want to insert 16 blank bars?... see below... 2) Copied bars do not want to paste into new sections. In order to paste copied bars, I first have to provide the correct number of blank bars to paste into. Since I can't add multiples in a single operation (see above) it is an awkward GUI point. 3) When making a selection that reaches to the end of the section, DB has a tendency to want to "wrap around" to the top. This is frustrating, since great care must be taken to end your selection at precisely the right point. I think DB should know that I've reached the end of the bar and should stop selecting no matter how far I continue to move my mouse. I got a lot done this weekend. I hope to share another song with you all fairly soon. ***************************************************************** Denne fotnoten bekrefter at denne e-postmeldingen ble skannet av MailSweeper og funnet fri for virus. ***************************************************************** This footnote confirms that this email message has been swept by MailSweeper for the presence of computer viruses. *****************************************************************