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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: usability regression
From:       Thomas Zander <zander32 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2004-12-18 12:24:51
Message-ID: ed64b31a041218042424e05ab3 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:43:13 -0700, James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org> wrote:
> Actually, people *are* familiar with logarithmic sliders.  The slide volume
> controls on most audio equipment are logarithmic (they are linear in dB, but
> that is logarithmic so they are actually logarithmic).

That ignores that our ears also a logoritmic; which makes the volume
change to be percieved as linear.

Perhaps when we have an actual implementation to play with, we can say
more if this is usable or not.

-- 
Thomas Zander
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