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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: rockbox-recorder-20061122 - volume representation messed upRe: rockbox-recorder-20061122 - volume representation messed up
From: Sander Sweers <sander.sweers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:47:10 +0100 On 11/23/06, mat holton <mat_at_lessermatters.co.uk> wrote: > Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote: > > mat holton wrote: > >> how many hi-fi's have negative numbers next to the volume knob? None, > >> that's how many. > > > > That's odd. Then maybe my hi-fi isn't a hi-fi, because it displays the > > volume in dB. And I like it. > > > > We could use any representation we want, and we opted for a > > representation that actually means something, instead of an arbitrary > > range. Most people tend to use the volume control interactively > > anyway, you change the volume until it sounds right, regardless of > > what the display says. > > > > Linus > > > > > > > Sarcasm, I see, clever. > > So I'm wrong about hi-fi's displaying dB scale. There are also > audiophile's that spend £50 on a piece of speaker-cable or buy little > boxes to rest speaker their cable on. These kind of people would > probably appreciate a dB scale. Most, I'm guessing, would prefer to not > have to deal with negative numbers. Audiophile's have nothing to do with which scale is to be used in rockbox so please leave them out of the discussion. > > Once again though, I don't mind, I can deal with seeing a negative > number when I would expect to see positive numbers. This is simple an > opinion about what I believe most people would be more comfortable seeing. > Create your own WPS and have it show whatever scale or representation you want. (icather does this for example). Just because users expect it to be a certain way does not mean it is correct. I am for the scale as it is now because it looks better to me. Greets Sander Received on 2006-11-23 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |