Re: [jokosher-devel] Two Questions

["Jono Bacon" <jonobacon gmail com>]

On 1/25/07, Laszlo Pandy <laszlok2 gmail com> wrote:
> 2) The "Instrument" menu in the main menu bar was originally added to
> try and make it easier to find out how to import audio files. This has
> since been solved by the new "Add Audio File" toolbar button, but this
> instrument menu also makes a good place for the "Change Instrument Type"
> function (the "Remove Instrument" is just a duplicate of Edit -> Delete).
> The problem with this menu is that it is context sensitive, and the menu
> items inside it are only set to be sensitive when an instrument is
> selected. Surely we should have these functions available from somewhere
> else than just the right-click menu for accessibility reasons, but is
> there a point in having an entire context sensitive menu in the menu bar?

Sorry to weigh in late on this.

I personally think we should remove the Add Audio File toolbutton icon
- the toolbar needs to have as few icons as possible for clarity, and
I would suggest that it is un-needed. I think we should keep the
Instrument menu and put in there functions for the currently selected
instrument:

- Add Audio File
- Mute
- Effects

I am sure other instrument relation functions will be added to
Jokosher in the future too.

 Jono