Re GUI's.

some things to ponder.
(from a developers perspective.)

i discussed with my wife the whole issue of the biab gui.
to get an unbiased perspective. she has seen it many times.
she has significant experience not just as an end user manager
working with very large legacy applications (big exe's) serving
very very large user populations but also as a user tech.
(i was largely on the app development side.)

she made the following observations re legacy applications.

1..probably when bb was developed originally the developers
did the best they could given the confines of the available
development tools and operating system.
(same with systems she worked with years back.)
whereas today (eg some daws) a developer with modern development tools can make an app more flashy and user configureable.
eg i think it fair to say that the bb plugin/standalone are
flashier than the core bb app.
(i actually commend pg re the fact they didnt overdo the 'razamatazz' like some modern apps which, as i'm vision impaired i find can be an issue for me.)

2..when user groups clamoured much later for 'modernising' the legacy apps in terms of 'gui look' and user groups ability to configure the legacy app in a flexible way (ie their way) the issue often came down to 'budget'. for example more programmers would need to be hired and managed. but when users were asked to share the cost...
this became a major issue. often gui upgrades were not implemented therefore.
also there were many concerns by techs re disturbing the current code base which might introduce new testing and implementation issues and time to chase down.

3..now lets talk about money a bit more.
would bb users be willing to be charged a bit more in order that legacy bb be 'modernised' ? in terms of user flexible bb gui's ?
what about this idea.
keep the current bb price as is currently but if users want the new user configureable modernised gui bb there is an added charge ?
would this be acceptable ? or would users balk ?
thus pg could devote more programming resources.
(hire added coders).


a conundrum of course is some existing users are used to bb as it stands.
so they have to be taken into account also.
so this is a 'wrinkle'. as my wife found out some users preferred the 'old ways' to quote more than a few.
as one can see the developer is in a catch 22 as my wife found out.

given the above lets talk about the 'proverbial elephant in the room' like my wife encountered re legacy systems...'money'.
as often is the case in commercial life things come down often to money.

SO...i would be curious to know what percentage of pg users would be willing to pay more for a new 'modernised' flexible gui bb app.
and by how much eg ten percent increase ? more ?

there are some nice gui ideas in this thread i have to say.

(ps whats always amused me on the reaper forums is one user wants reaps to look like daw 'x' while another user daw 'y' and yet another user daw 'z'.
with the same kbd shortcuts they are used to. oh..the poor developer...)

happy new year to all.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 01/08/25 07:05 AM.
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