Usability issues in effect preferences dialog

[Daniel Schürmann]

An Idea for a slight improvement:
First tab
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1777442/113832934-5d814a00-9789-11eb-8a03-1a03553ad359.png
Second Tab
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1777442/113833110-8dc8e880-9789-11eb-9e94-9ad99e3b7f2b.png

[Be (be.ing)]

The first screenshot would be a regression.

[Be (be.ing)]

Looking closer I see you reversed the order of the tabs, which would be another regression.

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

Please describe why it is a regression.

[Be (be.ing)]

Please describe how the proposed screenshots are an improvement.

[ronso0 (ronso0)]

I agree that changing one tab header to Effects Preferences while we're in Preferences > Effects is no improvement.

However, I think wecould move the Meta knob config above
the tabs because
1 increases discoverability
2 clarifies that it's not a per-tab setting

anyway, no need to discuss this NOW, we can do so AFTER merging #2618

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

The current GUI has some usability issues.

We have two tabs with a dual list builders.

Normally dual list builders are working with an enabled and a disabled list.
The users cam move items from one to another list and decide which item is visible.
This is the normal patten the user knows from many other applications.

Unfortunately we have implemented this only for the effects and not for the chains.
The user can not initially destingusch that there are differe use petternd implemented.

An improvement would be to replace the dual list builder for the chains with two dual list builder with something else.
For example a dual list builders for each effect rack.
They can be placed on two tabs.

We may also implement a list with checkboxes.

The UI design should clarify that there is a common storage of effect chains.

[Be (be.ing)]

I think the current design works well enough and I don't think it matters if users know there is a list which is a superset of both the standard effect chain preset list and the quick effect chain preset list. I think splitting those two lists into separate tabs might be a small improvement. I won't be working on that, but I wouldn't have an objection to changing the design that way.

A list with checkboxes would not be appropriate. A simple list that can be dragged and dropped is sufficient.

[Daniel Schürmann (daschuer)]

I have set this to confirmed wishlist, that this does not fall from the shelf.

[Swiftb0y (swiftb0y)]

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/10566