Re: [Denemo-devel] Denemo.org poll ended: Which way to insert notes (without MIDI-instrument available) do you want to use?

[Richard Shann]

On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 11:09 +0100, Nils Gey wrote:
> Here are the results.
> Next time we need to place "I don't care" or similar as first, preselected 
> option.
I think it might be a good idea to re-run the same poll anyway, refining
the wording - explaining in more detail what entering a note would
involve. In particular the method of entering the accidental followed by
note-name letter, or accidental followed by Enter key (with cursor on
the note position) could be popular. And the "cursor keys" could be
supplemented by keys to move the cursor by an octave etc.

But the main problem is that people don't generally know what they would
want, only what they have used before, or what they can imagine.

Although "Everything with the mouse" sounds absurd it would be good for
someone who is not going to write very much music and not very often.
They would spend more time reminding themselves how to use the program
than using it if they had to use the keyboard for everything.

But I am not sure anyone will have the urge to help those folk...

Richard


>  I have the suspicion that internet bots are just clicking on the first thing 
> on the denemo.org they encounter, and that was the button "Vote". Vote for 
> mouse.
> 
> What does this poll mean to us?
>                       
> Poll: Which way to insert notes (without MIDI-instrument available) do you 
> want to use?                       
> 329   users answered to the questions                 
> 46,8% Everything with the mouse
> 14,9%         Choose pitch first by cursor keys, then number-keys insert 
> different durations
> 28,9% Choose duration first with the number keys, enter notes  with the 
> letter/pitch keys.            
> 09,4% Choose pitch and duration first and a third key (e.g. Enter) inserts 
> the note
> 
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