Hi David
This discussion should be on audacity-devel as other will have things
to say I'm sure, so I'm posting it there. Apologies for the slight
editing for clarity.
David MacDonald wrote:
> Hi Martyn
>
> I like it. Good work on the URL. I'll give you a true link to the page soon.
> I'll probably suggest a different name for the button.
No problem.
> -I just had an idea... I think we can do away with the "measure" buttons.
> The only reason they are needed now is to record values entered by the text
> boxes. What if the measurement calculation was performed automatically and
> recorded into the variable, when you enter the value in the "end time" text
> box? Doing away with the button will probably save confusion for people who
> use the shortcuts and don't need the button.
> ---- on second thought, scratch that idea...
> probably some people wouldn't know to leave focus, to calculate..
My thoughts too, which is why I left them in but disabled them when
they are not needed (and changed the label from 'measure' to 'measured').
> - I like the "information section"
>
> I'm wondering if we can change it a bit to be basic instructions for the
> tool.
>
> The box title could be:
>
> ---Information to use this tool----
>
> Before opening this dialogue box:
I think using the word 'dialogue' is a bit 'geeky', I think 'tool' is
more user friendly.
> 1) Select a section containing speech and press CLT+ALT+F
> 2) Select a section containing background only and press CLT+ALT+F
I don't think (1) and (2) say much more than we have already, but does
specialise the tool to speech - it may get used for other things as
well as WCAG stuff.
> 3) Open this dialogue box and read the result section to determine pass or
> fail.
People can see this directly above the 'Information' section, so do we
really need to say it?
> Note: Foreground and background can also be entered directly
> using the text boxes above.
This must be fairly obvious to most people? Boxes to type things in
and a button to press labeled 'Measure'? Again I'd ask if we really
need this note.
What I don't want to do is extend this box to a long list of
instructions. The link to the web site should be sufficient, or add
another link to instructions on our wiki. There is also quite a lot
of text here already, compared to most other dialogs in Audacity. We
are striving for design that doesn't need instructions, I think, and
also minimizing text that screen readers repeat endlessly. And make
things work on smaller screens, like the Eee.
What does anybody else think?
TTFN
Martyn
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>
> access empowers people...
> ...barriers disable them...
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