redesign Sound Hardware Preferences
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Mixxx |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
2.3 |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In 2.0 and 2.1 many more options were added to the Sound Hardware Preferences but the design grew to be unwieldy. It could really use a redesign. There is lots of legacy code for this part of the preferences, so it could be somewhat tricky. I have a few ideas for improving the design:
* Replace Output and Input tabs with Internal Mixing and External Mixing tabs, each with an Output and Input section.
* Add descriptive text for each input and output explaining what they do so users should not need to refer to the manual for basic setup
* Move options that are currently in a huge list of comboboxes above the I/O selection next to the input or output they affect. For example, the Master Output Mode combobox could be replaced with a checkbox labeled "Downmix to Mono" next to the Master output selection; the Master, Headphone, and Booth delay spinboxes could be next to their respective outputs; and the Microphone monitor mode and latency compensation options could be moved by the Microphone section
tags: | added: usability |
Changed in mixxx: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in mixxx: | |
assignee: | nobody → Sean M. Pappalardo (pegasus-renegadetech) |
Changed in mixxx: | |
milestone: | 2.3.0 → none |
no longer affects: | mixxx/2.2 |
Anyone want to volunteer to do this for 2.2?