Knobs in touch interfaces

[Jay Vaughan]

> How do you guys feel about knobs in touch interfaces? I played with a few new apps on Mikael's iPad and especially the Moog Filter app seemed a bit cumbersome...

I hate them, I think it blows.  Sliders are really the only sensible option, or .. something .. else ..

> So should we all move to sliders on touch devices? They are more haptic, but they do take up a lot of space.


Virtual knobs are okay if you have to squeeze a million parameters onto one screen, but other than that really there is no benefit to them in a touch interface, whatsoever, except lazy GUI design and marketing guff.  I have always hated virtual knobs - sliders are infinitely better.


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Jay Vaughan