On Saturday, September 10, 2016 7:59:32 PM EDT Will Godfrey wrote: > Right from V 0.016 we had the default MIDI and audio set for Jack, and soon > after that we abandoned the beginners Gui option. > > Since then a lot has changed, and I'm wondering if we should reappraise > these decissions. > > Fairly recently we gave a nod in the direction of helping beginners by > making the virtual keyboard appear alongside the main window on a very > first time startup. Personally, I think that's better than a dumbed down > Gui. Sure. They can quickly close it, so it's probably more helpful to show it at first, as in "Testing... is yoshimi working? Make some noise for me!". > These days, we also have the short Yoshimi guide that tries to get new users > started. > > Now I'm wondering if we should change the first-time startup to an all Alsa > configuration. It would make no difference to existing users, as for quite a > while these have been re-settable preferences, and are stored in the config > file. > > Would it get us closer to a 'just works' position? How about popping up a first-time dialog and asking? The problem remains though: Which default, Alsa or Jack, to set the dialog at so that busy users can quickly hit Enter and move on. I'd say start with all Alsa - IF nothing else is using it exclusively. If Jack is already running, the user likely wants Jack audio + midi so use it. If not then auto-start Jack but only if they choose Jack. Nice work on the switching times. Quantum leaps, eh? Tim. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
