UI design at its finest

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• lee4hmz

  2015-09-30 15:28:44

  ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS

  

  
  

  Don't forget the crap flap!
• Sredni Vashtar

  2015-09-30 21:25:34

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  That thing looks like a really elaborate digi-synth or VST unit.
• Obā-san

  2015-09-30 21:26:49

  
  

  Sredni Vashtar said:

  That thing looks like a really elaborate digi-synth or VST unit.

  that's what i was thinking too
  
• Sredni Vashtar

  2015-09-30 21:30:59

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  Zillions of settings, menus and parameters; simple interface that is somehow also visually confusing; lots of big colourful buttons.
  
  Yup.
• Klinotaxis

  2015-09-30 21:31:58

  kill living beings
  

  also the weird skeumorphic dials
• Sredni Vashtar

  2015-09-30 21:38:07

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  Exactly. Although dials are at least a decent visual aid?
• Klinotaxis

  2015-09-30 21:46:12

  kill living beings
  

  I can't tell what either of the dials do
• Sredni Vashtar

  2015-09-30 21:47:56

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  Here it's incomprehensible, but I mean in an actual VST they would mean something.
• Salix Babylonika

  2015-09-30 21:50:50

  https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg

  I hate dials on any VST because they don't make any damn sense.

  
  

  Yes let me turn this dial by moving my mouse down, this is how a dial works.
• Sredni Vashtar

  2015-09-30 21:54:52

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  You mean up, right? Most dials I have dealt with at least are "up=up."
  
  Although sliders are probably preferable.
• Klinotaxis

  2015-09-30 22:29:49

  kill living beings
  

  well yeah, in a sound thing is gonna be gain or whatever, nice and comprehensible
• Sredni Vashtar

  2015-09-30 23:40:18

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  Yeah, or a mode selector or left-right pan or whatever.
  
  Speaking of which, being able to control the pan range of a sound is really nifty.
• Aliroz

  2015-10-01 03:08:02 edited 2015-10-01 03:08:27

  ...And even when your hope is gone

  move along, move along, just to make it through

  (2015 self)

  It's at least visually interesting, which is more than I can say for a lot of user-friendly and practical design these days.

  I guess the thing is whether you want a computer to look at, or a computer to use.
• Bee

  2015-10-01 08:33:22

  I'm pretty sure I'd rather the computer I spent hundreds of dollars on to be the latter.  Especially since it can give the full enjoyment of the former by loading a gif.