At Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:48:17 +0100, I wrote: > > At Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:01:45 +0000 (UTC), > Tim wrote: > > > > Takashi Iwai <tiwai <at> suse.de> writes: > > > A question from usability viewpoint is what is the good way to handle > > > two linked volumes. For example, > > > > > > 1) two volume bars can be changed at any time. If one of them is > > > changed, another is automatically set (jumps) to zero. > > > 2) when one volume is set to non-zero, another is visiblly disabled. > > > to zero and cannot be changed. Once after both are set to zero, > > > both become accessible. > > The answer is obvious - combine them into one control! He he... > > Yeah! That would be easiest :^) After reading your post again, I found myself maybe misunderstanding. > Some type of markings. Two end-to-end 'braces' along the side spanning the > length of sliders, one labeled "digital att." meaning that the range from > 0-127 is digital attenuation, and the other labeled "analog gain" meaning > the range 127-164 is analog gain. It would be a great visual reminder of > this underlying technical detail we have discussed here, so everyone > should understand it. > And of course all values in db's as well as integers. Did you mean something that looks like below? +---+ +18dB | | | | analog | | gain | | +---+ 0dB | | | | digital | | att |[=]--[ -30dB ] | | +---+ -64dB Takashi ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel