dummy wave form vs stripy blocks.

[Michael Chinen]

Hi all,

I've been experimenting with the "dummy waveform".  The results are in
a very early stage, but I'm not happy with them.  I'm attaching a
screenshot for the dummy waveform.

At best I could make the waveform more dynamic peak/rms-like and
animate it, but I am beginning to have my doubts that this is better
to the striped blocks.

I've grown accustomed to the striped blocks, so I need a more unbiased
opinion.

Should i keep trying to draw a dummy waveform?  A "tool tip" will pop
up along with the percentage complete upon a mouse over, explaining
that the blocks are usable, so I don't think that's so much an issue.

Michael


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[Gale Andrews]

| From "Michael Chinen" <mchinen@...>
| Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:32:43 -0400
| Subject: [Audacity-devel] dummy wave form vs stripy blocks.

> I've been experimenting with the "dummy waveform".  The results are in
> a very early stage, but I'm not happy with them.  I'm attaching a
> screenshot for the dummy waveform.
>
> At best I could make the waveform more dynamic peak/rms-like and
> animate it, but I am beginning to have my doubts that this is better
> to the striped blocks.
>
> I've grown accustomed to the striped blocks, so I need a more unbiased
> opinion.
>
> Should i keep trying to draw a dummy waveform?  A "tool tip" will pop
> up along with the percentage complete upon a mouse over, explaining
> that the blocks are usable, so I don't think that's so much an issue.

I guess you saw my 2p on:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=QuickLoad_Progress

i.e maybe have something like a "real" peak/rms waveform, animated with
your two original stripy colours.


Gale  

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