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can these panels, and drop down lists

PLEASE be alphabetized?

These selectors are the height of confusion!

It's like a mouldy smelly , like trying to find
something in an old drawer of jumbled, lost items - where
you finally give up in frustration/ confusion.

thanks

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As it's more of a request, you might consider putting this item in the Wish List section?


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thanks Videotrack.

I'm hoping first to awaken people to the problem. Biab had a great
facelift, some years back, but if you've been away from it a while, and you look under the hood it's shocking!

What I'm referring to is: it has a pieced together, disorganized, GUI
and - No rhyme or reason, to these lists. I know many here are math geniuses, to I can only attribute it to "just accepting it's the ways it's always been"

Biab can do better!

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https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=554837&Searchpage=1&Main=78631&Words=menus&Search=true#Post554837

Request #3 (and #2)
You are welcome to add any suggestions to my thread.
A "Minimal Screen Mode" GUI front is pretty clean and solid., it is menus that drive me crazy sometimes smile

P.S. I do not believe they (menus) have to be necessarily alphabetized, but cleaned up/combined in much more intuitive way certainly would help.

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Yeah, but then what would all the guys and gals on here that know all the secrets have to do. If just anybody can find what they are looking for we wouldn't need the forums! LOL.


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@etcjoe

Ha!

@Rustyspoon#

thanks for offer and suggestion to post.


I suggested Alphabetize, as it's the most universal system of
organization. There may be others, where?

Study after study shows, very smart people can remember
items in a "haphazard, random" pile. BUT - productivity +
LESS stress increase markedly with an organized system.

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You can create you own always on top floating menus with www.AutoHotKey.com
you can have any items in any order.

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Yeah, but then what would all the guys and gals on here that know all the secrets have to do. If just anybody can find what they are looking for we wouldn't need the forums! LOL.
Well there's always make music for those that help out in the forum. The forum will always be a source of communication between PG Music, users and fellow forum members. The forum is as much a community as it is a resource. Where else can you share common interests with people from around the globe?


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You can create you own always on top floating menus with www.AutoHotKey.com
you can have any items in any order.


Well , that's interesting. thanks

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Originally Posted By: etcjoe
Yeah, but then what would all the guys and gals on here that know all the secrets have to do. If just anybody can find what they are looking for we wouldn't need the forums! LOL.
Well there's always make music for those that help out in the forum. The forum will always be a source of communication between PG Music, users and fellow forum members. The forum is as much a community as it is a resource. Where else can you share common interests with people from around the globe?


Yes, Jim Fogle, mine was a tongue firmly planted in cheek comment. The forums are great!


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etcjoe,

Your response made me smile but it also made me think to ask myself the question, "Why do I enjoy this forum so much?" Therefore my response.


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