@Justanoldmuso

You are correct in that it’s not trivial to design a GUI that works for all users.”

“..i respectfully suggest you all come up with a new daw gui design,..then post it on a recording site where loads of studios hang out like gearspace and other sites and see what everyone says. “
Do you really think this would work?
Your answer to that is below
“various end users in various industries always complain about gui designs....
no matter how much thought has gone into the design.”

“another complexity is coming up with a design that works for us vision impaired also. its particularly difficult when an app has a ton of features.”
Then they need to address it!

“as to bringing in gui pro designers...great idea but lets see how they design a gui
given all bb's complex features.
imho it will be a challenge for even the best.”
They will need to face that challenge, sooner or later

as to todays designs imho theres too much 'flash'.
Can’t you even see, what is we are trying to do here!
and i'm 'still' left wondering 'how do i do xyz in this app'....
With how the program is now, we are addressing it, with ideas that could help!

Do you even realize that many people in the world today, will not even use BiaB because of how they say “It’s to bloated and looks very hard to use”
Just go on many of the DAW forums and you will see that many of the DAW users are asking for features in their DAW that can do what BiaB is doing. I really think it will not be long before some DAW company does it!

You at times, post comments completely supporting some of the GUI changes and sometimes you think it’s a lost cause for us to ask for it. I’m sorry, because I think many of your statements as why not to do it, is not a valid reason. For example:
You said “By changing the Look of BiaB, that will turn away new users”. Actually BiaB is already doing just that, some purchase it and give it a try anyway and give up.
I know, I was one of them. I first got BiaB back in 2017 and was very frustrated for many reasons, mainly the GUI, tried it a few more times upgrading (2019 & 21), hoping some of the things was fixed.
Now a few months back I decided to try it again and became more active on this forum asked a few questions. But decided to once again to upgrade the Base BiaB to 2025, and see if any things have been fix!
Nothing fixed, so as it stands now, if the GUI is not updated and the minor incomplete things are not address, they will lose me as a user. Think of how many others have done this or will do, if these problems go on.
Fortunately, I did find a way to remove the icons (Features I do not use, but are still there and can be access via the menu) and just with that I’m making some progress with BiaB.

Robert smile

Last edited by robertw; 01/11/25 03:03 PM.